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Easy Japanese Shokupan Milk Bread

Bake to the roots · baketotheroots.de · 2020 · 1

Against 73 Japanese milk bread recipes

Less sugar than 91% of recipes and no egg, unlike 78%.

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How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 73 Japanese milk bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Less sugar than 91% of recipes: 5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%, about half as much.
  • No egg at all, where 78% of recipes use some (most of those 14 to 21% of the flour weight).
  • Less yeast than 83% of recipes: 0.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.8%, about half as much.
Liquid: 75%, 72nd percentileButter: 10%, 34th percentileSugar: 5%, 6th percentileEgg: 0%, 11th percentileSalt: 1.2%, 34th percentileYeast: 0.9%, 14th percentileLiquidButterSugarEggSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 17.6 oz. (500g) bread flour (plus more if needed)500 g
  • 2 tbsp. sugar≈ 25 g
  • 1 1/2 tsp. active dry yeast≈ 4.7 g
  • 1 tsp. salt≈ 6 g
  • 9.1 fl. oz. (270ml) lukewarm water≈ 270 g
  • 3.4 fl. oz. (50ml) milk≈ 104 g
  • 1.8 oz. (50g) butter, at room temperature50 g

flour 500 gbatter 959 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 73 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Liquid75% · 72nd percentile
  • Butter10% · 34th percentile
  • Sugar5% · 6th percentile
  • Egg0% · 11th percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 34th percentile
  • Yeast0.9% · 14th percentile

Oven

Temperature
425°F / 220°C
median 350°F
Time
35 to 40 minutes
median 31 minutes

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