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Sourdough Milk Bread

Martin Philip · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 / one 9" x 4" loaf

Against 73 Japanese milk bread recipes

More butter than 98% of recipes and more salt than 94%.

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How it compares

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

  • More butter than 98% of recipes: 23% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%.
  • More salt than 94% of recipes: 3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
  • No egg at all, where 78% of recipes use some (most of those 14 to 21% of the flour weight).
  • Less liquid than 83% of recipes: 47% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
Liquid: 47%, 16th percentileButter: 23%, 99th percentileSugar: 8%, 25th percentileEgg: 0%, 11th percentileSalt: 3%, 95th percentileYeast: 2%, 68th percentileLiquidButterSugarEggSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1/2 cup (113g) milk, lukewarm; whole preferred113 g
  • 2 tablespoons (28g) water, lukewarm28 g
  • 5 tablespoons (70g) unsalted butter, melted70 g
  • 2 tablespoons (24g) granulated sugar24 g
  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (250g) ripe sourdough starter250 g
  • 2 teaspoons (6g) instant yeast6 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons (9g) table salt9 g
  • 2 1/2 cups (300g) King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour300 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 large egg yolk, white reserved for egg wash≈ 18 g

flour 300 gbatter 800 g

Baker's percentages

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

  • Liquid47% · 16th percentile
  • Butter23% · 99th percentile
  • Sugar8% · 25th percentile
  • Egg0% · 11th percentile
  • Salt3% · 95th percentile
  • Yeast2% · 68th percentile

Oven

Temperature
375°F / 190°C
median 350°F
Time
36 to 40 minutes
median 31 minutes

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