Milk Bread (Tangzong)

@jessicajuwono and @pawone_tari has made me become curious about making Milky Soft Bread 🤭 And we have tried few recipes and techniques and I’m still not satisfied yet. But hopefully this time I am getting better ☺️ Practise makes you better! 😍 This soft and fluffly bread is really amazing and It will stay soft even until a few days later. A friend of mine told me to find this flour at City Gross which is perfect for Soft bread and paj. I have tried it and it was awesome👌

I N G R E D I E N T S

T A N G Z H O N G

40g bread flour
200g water

B R E A D

580g bread flour
60g sugar
12g salt
10g dry yeast
10g dry milk
260g milk
50g egg
Tangzhong
50g room temperature of unsalted butter

H O W T O P R E P A R E

T A N G Z H O N G

Mix 40g bread flour with 200g water in a saute pan
Turn on medium heat and keep stirring until mixture thickens to a paste
Refrigerate for 6 hours
Bring out to room temperature 1 hour before use

B R E A D

Add bread flour, sugar, salt, dry yeast, powdered milk to a mixing bowl and mix gently with dough hook attachment
At low speed, mix in milk and egg and Tangzhong so that no flour is visible
Add in room temperature unsalted butter and mix at low speed.
Slowly turn up the speed to high and mix until all dough sticks together
Take the dough and fold it around and underneath itself shaping a smooth ball
Place dough in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rest for 40 minutes to an hour
Test the dough by poking your finger down into the middle
If the dough does not spring back, it is ready.
Divide the dough into 6 equal parts (by weight).
Take one piece of dough and fold it over itself.
Turn it 90 degrees, slap it on table and fold it over itself again.
Using both hands, mold the dough into a ball.
Repeat with rest of dough.
Cover with plastic wrap and let it rest for 15 minutes.
Roll each ball of dough out flat
Fold flatten dough using thirds
Turn 90 degrees, and roll dough into a roll, pinching it together at the seam
Place 3 molded dough into a baking pan and let it rest for 30 minutes, letting it rise
Preheated to 355°F for 25-30 minutes.
Brush with egg wash and bake in the oven