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Wagashi (Japanese Sweets and Cakes)

Bird-Shaped Mashed Sweet Potato (2)

Shaping the Bird

Ingredients

almond 1 (for the beak)
chocolate chips
(raisins, currants, very small blueberries, seaweed, or small pieces of jelly beans can also be used)		 2 (for the eyes)
  1. Using a spoon, gently shape the mashed sweet potatoes into a circle on a plate. (The mashed sweet potatoes can be placed on the plate without shaping them.)
  2. Push the almond into the mashed sweet potatoes so that it sticks out to make a beak, and place the two chocolate chips above it for the eyes.
  3. Finished!
Mashed Sweet Potato

(Courtesy of Shihori Nakanishi)