Chick-shaped Japanese Traditional Sweets

Name: Chick-shaped Japanese Traditional Sweets
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 100 grams Shiro-an (sweetened smooth white bean paste); 7 grams White flour; 2 grams Mochiko; 5 grams Sugar; 1 dash Black sesame seeds; 1 Food dye, red and yellow

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I made the chick version of, "Lovely Shiro-tan Seal Shaped Japanese Traditional Sweets". After making the seal Shiro-tan, I just had to make chicks too.

Unfortunately, when you use food coloring, your towel might also get dyed a bit. If you wash it immediately afterwards you should be able to get most of the dye out, though. For 5~6 chicks. Recipe by Shiropiyo

I made the chick version of, "Lovely Shiro-tan Seal Shaped Japanese Traditional Sweets". After making the seal Shiro-tan, I just had to make chicks too.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I made the chick version of, "Lovely Shiro-tan Seal Shaped Japanese Traditional Sweets". After making the seal Shiro-tan, I just had to make chicks too.

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Ingredients

5 servings

100 gramsShiro-an (sweetened smooth white bean paste)
7 gramsWhite flour
2 gramsMochiko
5 gramsSugar
1 dashBlack sesame seeds
1Food dye, red and yellow

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Steps

1

Put the shiro-an white bean paste in a bowl, then add sifted flour, mochiko, and sugar.
2

Mix together until the dough is formed.
3

Break the dough into five pieces and steam in a steamer for about 25 minutes. They'll expand once steamed.
4

Knead the dough all together again in a wet kitchen towel for about ten minutes. Add yellow food dye while kneading to make yellow dough.
5

Put a little bit of dough aside to make the chick beaks later, and then use the rest of the dough to make round chick heads. Roll the dough when it's still a little warm to the touch.
6

Add red food coloring to the dough you're going to use for the beaks to make it orange.
7

Take the orange dough and stick to the yellow chick heads to make beaks, and then add sesame seeds for the eyes. It's easy to add the seeds using a toothpick.
8

They're all done. Now you've got a row of little chicks!
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Here's a picture of "Piyodamari," a character whose name I even used for my username. Don't these sweets look just like him!?