Kakimochi (arare) cookies

September 2nd, 2010 by justJENN

Kakimochi is also known as Japanese rice cracker. It’s a teriyaki crunchy rice cracker and yes, it’s an old tradition where some Hawaii bakeries that put them in cookies. The cracker kind of acts as a replacement for nuts or cereal, anything crunchy. Don’t knock it til you try it!

When I saw HEART SHAPED kakimochi in Hawaii, well, I just couldn’t resist and I knew I had to make up my own version of this old school recipe. For people who may have only eaten kakimochi as a salty snack, this is a new and interesting take that’s worth trying out!

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Kakimochi (arare) cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 /2 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup crushed kakimochi (arare) + more to decorate if you wish
3/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prep baking sheets with silpats.

You can use any shape kakimochi of course, since hearts are pretty hard to find. It hurts to crush up these cute little kakimochi hearts, but it has to be done.

In a freezer bag, place the kakimochi and crush them to pieces using a rolling pin, your hands, your full aggression. Hello anger management. Set aside.

In a small bowl whisk together the flour and the baking soda. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and the brown sugar. Add the egg and the vanilla.

Add in the flour and baking soda mixture until combined.

By hand, fold the crushed kakimochi and the mini chocolate chips into the batter.

Spoon by rounded teaspoons onto the prepped baking sheets, pressing the dough down slightly.

Press one kakimochi into the center of each cookie.

Bake for 8-10 minutes until brown. Let cool on a wire rack.