Milk Bread
bakingamoment.com · 2025 · 8 slices
Against 73 Japanese milk bread recipes
Less salt than 82% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical loaf: the median of 73 Japanese milk bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less salt than 82% of recipes: 0.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- Butter in the middle half of recipes: 16% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%.
Ingredients (9)
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 38 g
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g
- 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast≈ 7 g
- 2 cups bread flour≈ 254 g
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour ((you may need slightly more or less all-purpose flour))≈ 188 g
- 1 cup milk ((preferably whole) warm (105-110 degrees F))≈ 244 g
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted)≈ 71 g
- 1 egg (large, lightly beaten)≈ 50 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 tablespoon milk ((preferably whole) for brushing)≈ 15 g
flour 442 gbatter 855 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.
- Liquid55% · 29th percentile · median 68%
- Butter16% · 73rd percentile · median 13%
- Sugar8.5% · 28th percentile · median 13%
- Egg11% · 34th percentile · median 14%
- Salt0.9% · 14th percentile · median 1.6%
- Yeast1.6% · 42nd percentile · median 1.8%
Oven
- Temperature
- 375°F / 190°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 35 to 40 minutes
- median 31 minutes
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