How to Make Homemade Hokkaido (Japanese Milk Bread)

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, hokkaido (japanese milk bread). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Hokkaido (Japanese Milk Bread) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Hokkaido (Japanese Milk Bread) is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have hokkaido (japanese milk bread) using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Hokkaido (Japanese Milk Bread):

1. Prepare For the starter:
2. Make ready 1/3 cup bread flour
3. Get 1/2 cup whole milk
4. Get 1/2 cup water
5. Get For the dough:
6. Prepare 3 cups bread flour
7. Get 1 teaspoon salt
8. Make ready 1/4 cup sugar
9. Make ready 2 1/4 teaspoons rapid rise yeast
10. Prepare 4 tablespoons softened butter
11. Make ready 1 egg room temp
12. Prepare 1/2 cup warmed milk
13. Take Milk for brushing on top before baking
14. Get Melted butter to brush on top after cooking

Instructions to make Hokkaido (Japanese Milk Bread):

1. In small sauce pan, combine all ingredients for the starter. Whisk until smooth.
2. On medium heat, cook until thickened. Spoon should leave trail on bottom of pan.
3. Remove from heat and place in bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and push down so wrap sits on top of starter. This prevents skin from forming.
4. Mix flour, sugar, yeast half the starter mixtureand salt. Stir until combined.
5. In stand mixer bowl with doughhook attatched, add flour mixture, butter, egg and milk.
6. Mix on low speed until dough is sticky but pulls away from sides and doesnt stick to hands.
7. You may have to add some flour if it appears to loose.
8. In bowl, grease tops and sides of dough.
9. Cover with towel and let rise until doubled in size.
10. Punch down. Divide dough into rolls or loaves. Can even use for cinnamon buns.
11. Place in greased pan and let rise again.
12. Brush tops with milk.
13. Bake at 350 until golden brown.
14. If browning to fast, cover withfoil until bread is cooked completely.
15. Serve hot. This bread stays soft for days in wrap.
16. I made 5 mini loaves and one pan of rolls from this recipe :)
17. The starter you have left you can make another batch with or recipe can be doubled to use all of the starter.

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