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Home » Pantry » Japanese Sweets & Baking Essentials

Japanese Sweets & Baking Essentials

Stock your pantry with the key ingredients to create delicious and authentic Japanese sweets (wagashi) and baked goods.

Whether you’re making traditional confections like mochi and dorayaki or experimenting with modern desserts, these ingredients are essential for achieving the unique textures and flavors found in Japanese sweets.

Cake Flour

Cake Flour

Gluten Free All-Purpose Baking Flour

Gluten-Free Flour

Yomogi (Mugwort) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Yomogi (mugwort)

Salt Pickled Cherry Blossoms

Salt-Pickled Cherry Blossoms

Kuri Kanroni (Chestnuts in Heavy Syrup) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Kuri Kanroni (Chestnuts in Heavy Syrup)

Kashiwa Oak Leaf

Kashiwa (Oak) Leaves

Salt Pickled Cherry Blossom Leaves

Pickled Sakura Leaves

Food Coloring | Easy japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Food Coloring

Dangoko (Dango Flour)

Dangoko

Fruits Mitsumame

Fruits Mitsumame

Kanten Agar

Kanten (Jelly)

Koshian (fine red bean paste) and Tsubuan (chunky red bean paste).

Anko (Red Bean Paste)

Joshinko (Japanese Rice Flour)

Joshinko

Shiratamako (Japanese Glutinous Rice Flour)

Shiratamako (Sweet Rice Flour)

Mochiko Sweet Rice Flour

Mochiko (Japanese Sweet Rice Flour)

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Kuromitsu (Black Sugar Syrup)

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Matcha (Green Tea Powder; Powered Green Tea)

Matcha (Green Tea Powder)

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Yeast

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