Recipe: Perfect Japanese milk bread

Japanese milk bread.

You can cook Japanese milk bread using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Japanese milk bread

1. Prepare of For the dough:.
2. Prepare 260 g of bread flour.
3. You need 180 g of warm or room temp milk.
4. Prepare 1 teaspoon of or 4g yeast (dry or easy bake Allinson's).
5. You need 30 g of granulated sugar.
6. You need 1 g of salt.
7. It's of To mix with dough:.
8. Prepare 20 g of unsalted butter, soften.

Japanese milk bread step by step

1. In a large bowl, add bread flour, salt, cold milk, dry yeast and sugar. Stir ingredients until just combined..
2. Then with an electric stand mixer (with dough hook attachment) or hands knead until the dough comes together and is smooth. Cover bowl with cling film..
3. Let the dough rest for 10 minutes. Then transfer the dough out onto a clean surface and flatten and add the butter. Knead the dough again until smooth and elastic for about 10 minutes. Tip: the dough should spring back when pressed on with your fingers and is no longer sticky..
4. Transfer the kneaded dough to a greased mixing bowl. Let dough rise in a warm place for 1 hour..
5. Divide the dough into 12 pieces. Shape into round balls. Or make one large loaf. Transfer the dough balls onto a baking tray with baking paper or in a greased loaf tin..
6. Cover the dough and let the dough prove for a second rise for about another 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees..
7. When it's time to bake, sprinkle some flour over the top. Bake in the oven for 18 minutes. Tip: everyone's oven is different, adjust the temperature and baking time if necessary. Once baked remove the bread from the tray or loaf tin and transfer onto a cooling rack..
8. Serve while pipping hot and with butter or jam. Eat as a snack or turn into sandwiches filled with fillings of your choice..