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Hokkaido Milk Bread

Hokkaido Milk Bread

This bread is light, fluffy and so incredibly soft. The flavor reminds of a Hawaiian sweet roll. So great for french toast!

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cup Flour
  • ¼ cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt

 Tangzhong

  • 3 tbsp Water
  • 3 tbsp Milk
  • 3 tbsp Flour

Yeast Mixture

  • 1 tbsp Dry active yeast
  • ½ cup Milk
  • 1 egg
  • 4 tbsp Butter
  • ½ tsp Sugar

Instructions

Dry Ingredients

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt

 Tangzhong

  • Mix together water, milk and flour. Put over heat and stir until thickens. Set aside and let cool.

Yeast Mixture

  • Microwave milk for 30 seconds and then add yeast and sugar. Let sit for 5-10 minutes to activate.
  • Once yeast is activated, mix in melted butter and egg.
  • Add yeast mixture to tangzhong. *Make sure tangzhong is cooled

Hokkaido Milk Bread

  • Pour mixed tangzhong and yeast mixture to dry ingredients. Mix until well combined.
  • Lightly flour your work surface and start to knead dough until it becomes smooth.
  • Put back in mixing bowl, coat in oil and let rise in a warm, dark place for an hour.
  • After an hour, take dough back out and divide into 4 equal portions. Roll those pieces of dough into a shape of a ball.
  • Roll out each piece of dough to a rectangle. Fold both ends inward.
  • Flip the folded dough length wise, roll out again and roll into a spiral.
  • Lightly grease a loaf pan and put all the pieces of spiraled dough in the pan.
  • Let rise for another 20 minutes.
  • After it has risen, brush the rolls with an egg wash.
  • Bake in a 350° oven for 30 minutes.
  • Let cool and pull apart this soft, fluffy dough!

Video

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This is Hokkaido Milk Bread! A #japanese bread that is light, fluffy and sweet. So good! #breadrecipes #homebaking #bakingtutorials

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Notes

This recipe was adopted from https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/japanese-milk-bread-rolls-recipe