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Japanese basic bread
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Japanese Basic Bread Recipe

Japanese simple bread, enjoyed plain or filled and topped with sweet or savory ingredients
Prep Time2 hours
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time2 hours 10 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: bread, japanese bread
Servings: 8 pieces

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Equipment

Ingredients

  • 200 ml milk lukewarm
  • 5 g active dry yeast
  • 30 g sugar
  • 240 g bread flour
  • 60 g cake flour
  • 5 g salt
  • 10 g dry milk powder
  • 30 g butter room temperature
  • egg wash: 1 egg plus pinch of salt mixed well
  • pearl sugar

Instructions

  • Put lukewarm milk, yeast, and sugar in a stand mixer bowl, then whisk well. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
  • Combine bread flour and cake flour, and add to the milk mixture. Add salt and milk powder, and start the mixer kneading with a dough hook at medium speed.
  • When the dough is becoming a ball (after about 8 minutes), add soft butter and knead for another 4-5 minutes until the butter is completely incorporated. Cover with plastic, and leave in a warm place about 1 hour until the dough has doubled in size.
  • Take the dough and push gently to deflate the gas from the dough. Put on to a cutting board, and cut into 8 equal pieces about 2.5oz (or 70g) each. Form into small balls. Let them rest for 15 minutes covered.
  • Place shaped dough balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, leaving 2" (or 5cm) space between the balls. Brush egg wash (the mixture of egg with a pinch of salt) on the surface of the dough, and sprinkle some sugar on top. Leave them to double in size, about 1 hour.
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 400F(205C) for about 9 minutes until they brown.

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