Japanese Confectionery in the Microwave: Yatsuhashi
- 60 grams Shiratamako
- 40 grams Mochiko (or joshinko)
- 80 grams Sugar
- 140 ml Water
- 30 grams Kinako
- 5 grams Cinnamon
- 1 Anko
- Combine the kinako and cinnamon and spread it out on a work surface.
- You might think it is a lot, but it is needed to keep the yatsuhashi from sticking.
- Make the dough.
- Place the shiratamako into a bowl with water, and mix so that there are no lumps of flour.
- Add the mochiko, and stir with a spoon.
- If you add in the sugar and stir some more, it's strange; the hard dough becomes soft (I mixed it in this order to show my kid, but it is okay to mix the mochiko and sugar in together).
- Cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for 2 minutes at 600 W. Take it out once and mix evenly with a wet spoon, cover with plastic wrap again, and microwave for one more minute.
- It is good to go once it becomes as thick as mochi.
- Spread out the dough onto the work surface.
- While coating the dough with kinako and cinnamon, spread it out thinly with a rolling pin.
- If you stretch it out into a square as much as possible, then there will be no waste when you cut it.
- Cut into squares with a knife, place the anko on top, fold into a triangle, and it is done.
shiratamako, sugar, water, kinako, cinnamon
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/167651-japanese-confectionery-in-the-microwave-yatsuhashi (may not work)