Japanese Pastry Course #5 Japanese Hokkaido Milk Bread

Learn how to bake perfect fluffy Japanese milk bread.

What you'll learn
Become an expert at baking Japanese Hokkaido milk bread.
Learn about ingredients for baking bread.
Learn how to prepare ingredients correctly.
Learn how we let the dough rise properly.
Learn how to check signs that the dough is ready.
Learn how to knead the dough by hand.
Requirements
A digital kitchen scale, a kitchen thermometer and a stand mixer.
Some other small kitchen tools will be required, however most of them you may already have.
Bring your passion for cooking!
Description
This is my fifth Japanese pastry course, and I’d like to focus on Japanese Hokkaido milk bread.Hokkaido milk bread is one of the most popular and common breads for Japanese people. It’s incredibly soft and fluffy like a pillow, most people eat it as an everyday bread for breakfast.You can find many recipes online but it’s very important to know particular techniques to create perfect fluffy bread.In this course, you will learn the basic techniques needed to bake not only Hokkaido milk bread, but also other Japanese breads. You will also be shown how to prepare ingredients correctly, how to check signs that the dough is ready and how we let the dough rise properly.For this time, I’d like to show you the classic method, not Tangzhong method. I’m going to show you every single step even some small tips, so you will get the hang of it.Hope you enjoy baking with me!

Overview

Section 1: Welcome to INDY ASSA Japan!

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Logistics for taking the course

Section 2: Japanese Hokkaido milk bread

Lecture 3 Ingredients

Lecture 4 Preparation

Lecture 5 Kneading

Lecture 6 Letting the dough rise

Lecture 7 Punching

Lecture 8 Dividing the dough

Lecture 9 Rolling out the dough

Lecture 10 Baking the bread

Lecture 11 How to store the bread

Lecture 12 Kneading by hand

Section 3: -Arigato!- Thank you!

Lecture 13 Bonus Lecture -Arigato!-

For Japanese bread lovers, baking lovers, Japanese food lovers…for everyone!