Name: Soft Haiji White Buns (bread)
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6 buns
Ingredients: 200g bread flour (or 195g/T65 and 5g/gluten flour); 3g kosher salt; 10g sugar; 15g unsalted butter; 1 tsp glucose syrup; 150g milk; 3g dry yeast

March 9, 2020

Soft Haiji White Buns (bread)

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Prep Time

1 hour, 15 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 30 minutes

Ingredients

200g bread flour (or 195g/T65 and 5g/gluten flour)
3g kosher salt
10g sugar
15g unsalted butter
1 tsp glucose syrup
150g milk
3g dry yeast

Instructions

1. Add all the ingredients in the pan of your bread machine. Add yeast in the yeast compartment. Select dough cycle and press start as per manufacturer's instructions.
2. When the dough cycle is complete, remove the dough from the machine and place on a floured surface.
3. Punch the dough down and divide it in 6 pieces. Place in a oven tray with a baking sheet, seam side facing downwards. Use a damp towel (cloth) to cover the bread dough. Let them rest for about 15min.
4. Re-Shape each piece into a round ball with a line in the middle of the bun, using a stick (eg. chopsticks). Arrange on lined baking trays. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise for 40~60min in a warm place or until the dough has doubled in volume. Lightly sprinkle flour over the bread, using a cooking sieve.
5. Preheat the oven to 180℃ degree. Reduce the heat to 150℃ degree and bake for about 15 min. Remove from the oven and let it cool down on a wire rack.

If you don’t have a bread machine :

January 23, 2020

Soft White Bread Buns with tofu – bread maker

Soft white bread buns with tofu - bread maker

Serving Size

6 soft white pan

Prep Time

1 hour

Cook Time

12 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 12 minutes

Soft white bread buns with tofu - bread maker

Ingredients

200g bread flour (or 195g/T65 and 5g/gluten flour)
3g salt
16g sugar
130g milk
15g margarine
50g tofu firm
* You can also use "soft tofu" to make the buns even fluffier. It will make the dough quite soft so giving it a nice shape will become trickier. You can dust the dough with flour as you work on it, it will help (not too much though).
3.5g dry yeast

Instructions

1. Add all the ingredients in the pan of your bread machine. Add yeast in the yeast compartment. Select dough cycle and press start as per manufacturer's instructions.
2. When the dough cycle is complete, remove the dough from the machine and place on a floured surface.
3. Punch the dough down and divide it in 6 pieces. Cover it with a damp cloth. Let it rest for about 15min.
4. Shape each piece into a round ball with a line in the middle of the bun, using a stick (eg.g chopsticks). Arrange on lined baking trays. Cover and let rise for 40~60min in a warm place or until the dough has doubled in volume. Lightly sprinkle flour over the bread, using a cooking sieve.
5. Preheat the oven to 180℃ degree. Reduce the heat to 150℃ degree and bake for about 15 min. Remove from the oven and let it cool down on a wire rack.

April 29, 2018

Fluffy white bread – pull apart “chigiri pan” style in 18x18cm square mold

Fluffy white bread - pull apart "chigiri pan" style 18x18cm square mold

Serving Size

18cm x 18cm square mold

Prep Time

1 hour

Cook Time

20 minutes

Wait Time

50 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 20 minutes

Fluffy white bread - pull apart "chigiri pan" style 18x18cm square mold

Ingredients

Yudane

80g bread flour (T55 or T65)
3.2g salt
65g boiling water

Bread

120g bread flour (or 110g / T65) + 10g gluten powder)
30g sugar
20g unsalted butter
95g milk
2.5g dry instant yeast

Instructions

1. First we prepare the "Yudane". Add bread flour, salt in a heatproof bowl. Add boiling water and mix well, using spatula until uniformly blended. Cover with plastic wrap until use. Or you can leave it in the fridge overnight.
2. Add all bread ingredients and the yudane (torn into small pieces) from #1 in the pan of your bread machine (as per manufacturer instructions). Select dough cycle and press start.
3. When the dough cycle is complete, remove and place it on a floured surface. Punch the dough down and divide them into even-sized pieces (16 pieces). Cover it with a cloth. Take bench time for 15 min.
4. Grease the pan (18x18cm square mold). Re-shape each piece into a round ball, then place them in the mould.
Note : Leave some space between balls, the dough will double in size. Cover and let the dough rise in a warm place (or an oven at 35℃) until the dough has doubled in volume for about 40 to 60 min.
5. Sprinkle the flour lightly over the leavened bread and pre-heat the oven to 170℃. Reduce to 150℃ as you place the bread in the oven and bake it for about 15 min.
6. Remove from the oven and let it cool down on a wire rack.
7. Decorate the bread as you want :-) Here I used whipped cream and strawberries. You could also use other fruits or chocolate, nutella, jam etc. Enjoy!