Baked Mochi Pon De Ring Donuts

About These Baked Mochi Pon De Ring Donuts

This recipe for baked mochi pon de ring donuts makes a small batch of 5 pon de ring mochi donuts with your choice of matcha, strawberry or ube glaze! The dough is made with a combination of tapioca flour and all-purpose flour, giving each donut a slightly chewier and bouncy crumb.

What is a pon de ring donut?

But hold the phone—what is a pon de ring donut, anyway? Pon de ring donuts were popularized by Mister Donut, a popular Japanese donut chain. They have a signature shape made by eight smaller donut balls connected together in a ring. I’ve heard them described as donut flowers, or bubble donuts.

Is a pon de ring donut gluten free?

No! Pon de ring donuts are NOT gluten free, sorry!

People often think that pon de ring donuts are gluten free because sometimes, they are also called mochi donuts. This is technically wrong. Mochi donuts are made with mochiko rice flour (like my recipe for Small Batch Ube Mochi Donuts), and are 100% gluten free. Pon de ring donuts, on the other hand, are made with a combination of both tapioca flour (which is gluten free) AND all purpose flour (which contains gluten).

Why You Should Make The Recipe

Here are all the reasons to make these pon de ring donuts:

This recipe is a “healthier” take on the fried classic.

Most recipes for homemade pon de ring donuts instruct you to deep fry the donuts. However, I *HATE* deep frying things at home—it’s scary, it’s messy, it wastes a lot of oil. So I worked hard to develop a pon de ring donut recipe that avoided deep frying completely.

So instead of deep frying the donuts in the oven, I instruct you to BAKE them in the oven. The result is a slightly healthier pastry. However, you still get the signature look and unique textures of a pon de ring mochi donut.

The recipe is also small batch.

Real Talk: pon de ring donuts, fried or baked, don’t keep well after a day. They dry out really quickly, and lose their signature chew unless reheated. Because of this, I figured it would be good to avoid leftovers. As a result, my pon de ring donut recipe only makes five donuts!

Don’t worry—if you are planning on baking these for a crowd, the recipe scales up easily. Simply double all the ingredient quantities to make twice as many donuts!

The recipe is easily customizeable.

I’ve already talked about how you can double the recipe to customize how many donuts you end up with. But there are a ton of other customizations you can make, too. Prefer a more traditional, fried version of the donut? I included instructions for deep frying in the recipe notes. Want to customize different flavors and glazes? I included three different glaze recipes for you to choose from, as well as instructions on how to make your own custom flavored glaze. The possibilities are endless!

Pon De Ring Donuts: An Exclusive Recipe for Patreon Supporters

Now that I’ve convinced you to make these donuts, I have some potentially bad news. You’ll need to support me on Patreon to access the recipe. Before you click out, please either learn more about why I started a Patreon.

But the TL/DR is this: Patreon supporters of Hummingbird High get exclusive access to extra recipes like this one with a basic $1 or $5 subscription. Supporters also have the exclusive ability to choose the recipes I develop for Patreon by participating in a monthly poll. Previous recipes have included:

• Blueberry Scones (Small Batch)
• Yellow Sheet Cake with Chocolate Frosting (Small Batch)
• Cinnamon Rolls (Small Batch)
• Mini American Flag Cake
• No Bake Cheesecake Bars (Small Batch)
• Peach Crumb Bars (Small Batch)
• Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
• Baked Apple Cider Donuts
• Peppermint Bark Oreos
• Gateau Basque
• Blood Orange Drizzle Cake
• Small Batch Baileys Brownies
• Lemon Pudding Cake
• 6-Inch Victoria Sponge Cake Recipe
• Small Batch Streusel Coffee Cake Recipe
• 6 Inch Japanese Strawberry Shortcake
• Biscuit Peach Cobbler (Small Batch)
• Apple Galette (Small Batch)
• Apple and Almond Upside Down Mini Cakes (Small Batch)
• Milk Bread Rolls
• Ginger Crinkle Cookies

And now, these donuts. Hooray!

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More (Free!) Donut Recipes

• Blood Orange Cake Donuts
• Chocolate Potato Chip Donuts
• Small Batch Baked Ube Mochi Donuts
• Vanilla Custard Bread Ahead Donuts