prepare all ingredients: (make 1 loaves of bread)
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) whole milk
- 20g + 280g bread flour
- 2 tsp instant yeast
- 1/6 cup (40 ml) evaporated milk or milk
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1/4 cup sourdough starter (substitute: 1/6 cup milk, 1/6 cup bread flour)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp sugar (2-4 tbsp is acceptable, depends on the bread make with what ingredients)
- 1/4 cup (56 g) softened butter, unsalted or 1/8 cup vegetable oil
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Make the tangzhong or milk roux:
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) whole milk
- 20g bread flour
1. Combine the whole milk with bread flour in a small pot and stir until there are no more lumps.
2. Heat the mixture over high heat, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula, it will get thicker and thicker until it becomes a very thick, sticky paste. Remove from heat.
- 1/6 cup (40 ml) evaporated milk or milk
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1/4 cup sourdough starter
3. Transfer the tangzhong into a bowl and add evaporated milk; stir to mix briefly to cool the tangzhong down.
4. Stir in the egg and sourdough starter to combine, the mixture will be lumpy, that is okay.
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Kneading by machine:
- 280g bread flour
- 2 tsp instant yeast
1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, stir together the remaining 280g of bread flour and the yeast.
- milk mixture
2. Add the milk mixture and mix on medium-low speed, with a dough hook attachment, just until there is no more dry flour is left in the bowl, 1-2 minutes. (If the flour around the edges of the bowl has a hard time getting mixed in, you can stop and manually mix it a little bit to help it along.)
3. Once no more dry flour is left in the bowl, stop the mixer and let the moistened flour rest, covering the bowl with a towel, rest for 20 mins.
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp sugar (2-4 tbsp is acceptable, depends on the bread make with what ingredients)
4. After resting, turn the mixer back on low speed and gradually sprinkle in salt and sugar. Keep kneading until the dough is smooth, about 7-8 minute, stopping and pulling dough off the hook to “redistribute” the dough every minute or so. Add more flour if needs.
- 1/4 cup (56 g) softened butter, unsalted
Or
- 1/8 cup vegetable oil
5. Once dough is smooth, add butter little at a time while machine is running. Knead the dough until all the butter is absorbed, stopping to scrape the bowl and pull dough off hook every minute or so. It will at first be a buttery mess, and you’ll feel like there’s no way all the butter will get absorbed, but I promise it will!
6. Once all butter has been absorbed and the dough is smooth, transfer the dough only a clean work surface and finish kneading by hand a few times. Form the dough into a ball and place is in a well-oiled bowl. Turn the dough around to coat the dough in oil on all sides, the cover and let proof at room temp for
1 hour or until double in size. (Continue with the recipe starting from where it says “Once the dough is proofed”.)
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Kneading by hand:
- 280g bread flour
- 2 tsp instant yeast
1. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the remaining 280g of bread flour and the yeast. Add the
milk mixture into the middle and stir with a wooden spoon just until there is no more dry flour. Let it rest, covered with a towel, for
20 minutes.
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp sugar (2-4 tbsp is acceptable, depends on the bread make with what ingredients)
2. After resting, flatten the dough and sprinkle salt over it, then knead it just until incorporated. Repeat with the sugar, 1 Tbsp as a time. Continue kneading the dough by hand until the dough is smooth. Add flour if needs.
- 1/4 cup (56 g) softened butter, unsalted Or- 1/8 cup vegetable oil
3. Once dough is smooth, flatten the dough again and add the butter onto the dough. Knead the butter into the dough (yes, it’ll get messy) until the butter is all absorbed and the dough is super smooth.
Form the dough into a ball and place is in a well-oiled bowl. Turn the dough around to coat the dough in oil on all sides, the cover and let proof at room temp for
1 hour or until double in size.
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Shaping and Baking:
1. Turn dough onto a clean work surface and press it down to deflate. At this point shape the dough as desired.
2. Divide into small pieces or and form into balls using technique. You can bake as free form buns, or put them into a greased cake pan and bake as pull-apart buns.
3. For loaf: Divide into 3 or 4 equal pieces, form each into a ball and put in a buttered or parchment-lined loaf pan.
4. Once shaped, proof again for another 45 mins to 1 hour, covered with a kitchen towel at room temp.
5. Preheat oven to
375 °F.
6. Once proofed, bake in the over on the middle rack. Bake until browned (
14-15 mins for free form buns,
20-25 mins for round cake pan,
30-35 mins for loaf pans.)
7. Once done (the bread will sound hollow when tapped if it’s done), let cool in the pan for about
5 minutes then flip out onto a rack and let cool completely. If making a loaf, do NOT cut the loaf with a knife when the bread is still warm or the condensation on the knife will make the bread wet!
Go to
mini sausage buns,
mini mozzarella cheese buns,
mini Mexican coffee buns or
mini pineapple buns.
note: delicious lunch with
egg salad sandwich or
tuna salad sandwich.
ref: https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/hokkaido-milk-bread/