Japanese Milk Bread

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https://www.bobsredmill.com/recipes/how-to-make/japanese-milk-bread

Author

www.bobsredmill.com | 2024-10-30

Description

Japanese milk bread is similar in texture to those famous Hawaiian rolls. Miraculously fluffy and pillowy, it pulls apart with visible strands—almost like cotton candy. To achieve that texture, this bread uses a technique that precooks a portion of the liquid and flour, creating a flour paste, or tangzhong. By heating the flour with liquid, the starches in the flour gelatinize. The resulting dough is able to absorb more liquid, stays fresher longer and has an incredible bouncy texture. This is also known as the Hokkaido method. Because of the tangzhong, this bread will stay fresh for up to 5-7 days covered at room temperature.