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Japanese Milk Bread Recipe (Hokkaido Milk Bread)

Aarthi · yummytummyaarthi.com · 2025 · 6 servings

Against 73 Japanese milk bread recipes

More salt than 98% of recipes and more sugar than 93%.

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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 salt than 98% of recipes: 3.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More sugar than 93% of recipes: 27% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 13%, about twice as much.
  • More yeast than 90% of recipes: 2.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.8%.
Liquid: 61%, 39th percentileButter: 13%, 49th percentileSugar: 27%, 94th percentileEgg: 15%, 57th percentileSalt: 3.6%, 99th percentileYeast: 2.8%, 92nd percentileLiquidButterSugarEggSaltYeast
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 2 tbsp All Purpose flour (30 grams)30 g
  • ⅓ cup Water (78 ml)≈ 79 g
  • ½ cup Warm Milk (120 ml)≈ 122 g
  • 1 tbsp Sugar≈ 13 g
  • 1 tbsp Dry Yeast≈ 9 g
  • 2½ cup All Purpose flour (300 grams)300 g
  • ¼ cup Sweetened Condensed Milk (76 grams)76 g
  • 1 large Egg≈ 50 g
  • 2 tsp Salt≈ 12 g
  • 3 tbsp Butter (softened)≈ 43 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 medium Egg≈ 44 g
  • 2 tbsp Milk or Cream≈ 30 g

flour 330 gbatter 733 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.

  • Liquid61% · 39th percentile
  • Butter13% · 49th percentile
  • Sugar27% · 94th percentile
  • Egg15% · 57th percentile
  • Salt3.6% · 99th percentile
  • Yeast2.8% · 92nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
30 minutes
median 31 minutes

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