# Japanese Milk Bread

Japanese Milk Bread is a super fluffy and soft bread.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 95 min
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1.33 cups whole milk
- 2 tablespoons bread flour
- 2.5 cups bread flour
- 0.25 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon yeast
- 0.5 cups warm milk
- 1 lightly beaten egg
- 3 tablespoons softened butter

## Instructions

1. Make a milk paste (Tang zhon, 1/3 cup whole milk and 2 tablespoons of bread flour). Mix it up on medium heat until it forms a thick paste.
2. Add 1 tablespoon of yeast to ½ cup of warm milk. Mix and set aside to let it bloom.
3. In a large mixing bowl, add 2 ½ cups of bread flour, ¼ cup of granulated sugar, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Mix and set aside.
4. Mix the wet ingredients together: milk paste, yeast mixture, and 1 lightly beaten egg.
5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix on low with a dough hook for 5-7 minutes until a dough ball forms and it stops sticking to the bowl.
6. Once the dough stops sticking, add in 3 tablespoons of softened butter and mix until you don't see it anymore.
7. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover it, and let it rest and rise for 1 hour.
8. After an hour of rising, punch the dough down, turn it out, and cut it into three portions.
9. Stretch one piece of dough into a long rectangle and roll it up. Repeat with the remaining dough.
10. Shape each piece into a tight roll.
11. Add rolls to a lightly greased loaf pan. Cover again and let it rest and rise for 1 hour.
12. After another hour of rising, brush the rolls with an egg wash (1 whole beaten egg).
13. Bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes.
14. Once the bread is cool enough, remove it from the pan and rub some butter on top.

## Equipment

- pot
- whisk
- large mixing bowl
- dough hook
- loaf pan
- baking sheet

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeon1Rvg/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b270b43c-b5d4-48f7-aad9-056acce23e10
- Extracted: 2025-02-09

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