Baking College In-Depth: Japanese Milk Bread

Milk bread is divinely fluffy, with a downright cloudlike ivory inside and a bronzed, resilient crust that provides to the fragile textural distinction. Its mushy and springy texture is thanks, partly, to the tangzhong, a Japanese method of making a easy paste flour and milk. Our Japanese Milk Bread Loaf will get its beautiful look from a straightforward shaping method. The dough may also be formed into spherical buns, as we’ve achieved for our Almond Cream Buns, otherwise you make fantastically flecked Scallion Ropes sprinkled with sesame seeds and sea salt.

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And make sure to be part of us for Baking College with Williams Sonoma on Monday, Might 15, 2023, at 5 p.m. PT. Brian Hart Hoffman might be joined by take a look at kitchen director, Laura Crandall, to reveal the guidelines and methods for making this unbelievable milk bread!

 

INGREDIENT BREAKDOWN 

Wonderful recipes require fantastic elements. Right here’s how our recipes’ elements contribute to creating the perfect milk bread loaf, buns, and ropes.

WHOLE MILK: Milk is certainly one of two elements used to make tangzhong, which is important for milk bread. The fats in complete milk provides tenderness and richness to the dough, leaving you with an extremely mushy loaf. Additionally, when the pure sugars in milk warmth at excessive temperatures, they bear the Maillard response, which entails browning in its finish phases, thus contributing to the distinct golden coloration of the crust.

GRANULATED SUGAR: Chances are you’ll discover extra sugar on this bread recipe than others, however Japanese-style breads have larger fats and sugar ratios than Western-style breads. They work collectively to provide you with extraordinarily supple bread. Sugar acts as meals for yeast, which converts it to carbon dioxide and alcohol within the fermentation course of. In consequence, sugar in the end helps to tenderize the dough. The sugar additionally provides sweetness to steadiness the salt, contributes to the loaf’s golden coloration, improves the crumb texture, and helps retain moisture together with the tangzhong whereas the bread bakes and as soon as saved.

RED STAR® ALL-NATURAL ACTIVE DRY YEAST: An ordinary with regards to baking with yeast, Purple Star® All-Pure Energetic Dry Yeast is a reliable favourite for a cause. Yeast is important to many bread doughs, and our Milk Bread Dough recipe isn’t any exception. Yeast acts because the main leavening agent on this bread.

BREAD FLOUR: It might be tempting to substitute all-purpose flour for bread flour, however you received’t get as a lot of an increase in your loaf and your mixing time might be longer. Bread flour is larger in protein and gluten, which permits bread dough to kind a secure construction and rise larger. Excessive-protein flour is important for this recipe to create a powerful gluten community with sufficient protein content material to develop the gluten and to deal with the enrichment added to this dough. A high-protein flour like bread flour supplies sufficient construction to create a powerful gluten community for an enriched dough.

KOSHER SALT: It’s important to weigh your salt as a result of totally different salt crystals measure in a different way—dough with sufficient salt prevents the yeast from reproducing too quick, which supplies the baker extra management of the yeast fermentation. Salt additionally improves the crust’s golden coloration, strengthens gluten, and enhances the flavour.

EGG: Including egg to bread dough creates a fragile, tender crumb that leaves you with a melt-in-your-mouth texture. It not solely provides richness but in addition helps with leavening. Very similar to the leavening energy eggs lend to muffins and cookies, the water within the egg white helps create steam that puffs up your dough as soon as it encounters the heat of the oven. Eggs additionally give the right golden shine to take advantage of bread with the assistance of an egg wash—an egg whisked with a little bit of milk that will get gently brushed onto all of our milk bread recipes proper earlier than going into the oven!

UNSALTED BUTTER: Butter provides an unbelievable decadence and taste to the enriched dough, creating moist, tender milk bread and a stunning crust.

ALMOND EXTRACT, ALMOND MEAL, AND SLICED ALMONDS: Almond extract provides our Almond Cream Buns a fragile almond essence, and the almond meal supplies taste and a beautiful texture to the cream. This bun’s crowning glory is a scattering of sliced almonds, including good crunchy distinction to the fluffy Milk Bread Dough.

SCALLIONS, SESAME OIL, AND GARLIC: Our Scallion Ropes are heady with the aroma of garlic and sesame oil and flecked with scallions, a.ok.a. inexperienced onions, lending the right steadiness of savory to the slight sweetness in our Milk Bread Dough.

SESAME SEEDS AND FLAKED SEA SALT: Sesame seeds and sea salt add a beautiful crunch and taste to the Scallion Ropes.

 

TOOLS OF THE TRADE 

We suggest this set of instruments for our method 

SAUCEPAN: You need a chrome steel saucepan that may warmth effectively and evenly with exact temperature management and no sizzling spots when making the Tangzhong and scalding the milk when making the dough. (Pictured is the Williams Sonoma Signature Thermo-Clad™ Stainless-Metal Saucepan.) 

WHISK: From dissolving the yeast in heat milk and sugar to whisking the Tangzhong into light submission, having a dependable whisk in your baking arsenal is important. (Pictured is the Williams Sonoma Signature Stainless-Metal French Whisk.) 

BENCH SCRAPER: The bench scraper is your new greatest pal within the kitchen, as it might expertly reduce and divide dough and allow you to effectively clear your work floor. (Pictured is the Williams Sonoma Olivewood Bench Scraper.) STAND MIXER: As a beloved energy-and time-saver, a stand mixer will assist knead the Milk Bread Dough effortlessly. (Pictured are the KitchenAid® Artisan Stand Mixer, 5-Qt. and KitchenAid® Stand Mixer Clear Glass Bowl Attachment, 5-Qt.) 

SCALE: Utilizing a kitchen scale ensures you’ve gotten completely equal parts of dough that may bake evenly. (Pictured is the Zwilling Digital Scale.)

BAKING SHEETS/PANS:Designed to bake evenly, these lovely, golden commercial-quality pans and baking sheets are crafted of aluminized metal for distinctive sturdiness, making them perfect for baking from the Milk Bread Loaf to the Scallion Ropes and the Almond Cream Buns. (Pictured are the Williams Sonoma Goldtouch® Professional Nonstick Non Corrugated Cookie Sheet, Williams Sonoma Goldtouch® Professional Nonstick Loaf Pan (1 ¼ lb.), and Williams Sonoma Goldtouch® Professional Nonstick Non Corrugated Quarter Sheet.) 

PASTRY BRUSH: A pastry brush could also be some of the sensible instruments in your drawer that takes up the least quantity of actual property. We love this wood, lengthy dealt with brush with pure bristles. It’s good for gently brushing egg wash on the supple floor of the milk bread in each incarnation. (Pictured is the Williams Sonoma Olivewood Pastry Brush (1 ½”).) 

SPATULAS, MEASURING SPOONS, AND GLASS BOWLS: For all of your mixing wants, you actually can’t beat the fundamentals. Spatulas are good for easy stirring and folding, measuring spoons with easy-to-read markings and flat handles provide the most exact measurements, and glass bowls that provide you with a 360-degree visible whereas mixing and proofing the dough are the right vessels for measuring and mixing all your elements. (Pictured is the Glass Mixing Bowl 10-Piece Set, Williams Sonoma Final Silicone Spatula Set with Stainless-Metal Deal with, and Williams Sonoma Stainless Metal Teaspoon & Tablespoon Measuring Spoons.)

THERMOMETER: We use an instant-read thermometer to make sure the right temperature when making the Tangzhong and scalding the milk added to the yeast combination for the optimum rise. We additionally use it to test the interior temperature of the milk breads to make sure they’re completely baked. (OXO Thermocouple Thermometer.)

SHEARS: Heavy-duty shears are each versatile and environment friendly, and so they assure a clear snip when utilizing them to create the right deep cuts when making our Almond Cream Buns. (Pictured is the Zwilling Shears & Scissors.)

HAND MIXER: For our Almond Cream Buns, a hand mixer permits for all the ability and pace you want however with extra management when making the almond cream, additionally referred to as frangipane. It’s wonderful at whipping air into mixtures that may not have sufficient quantity for a stand mixer to successfully attain and blend. (Breville Helpful Combine Scraper 9-Velocity Hand Mixer.)

Milk Bread Dough

  • 2⁄3 cup (160 grams) complete milk
  • 4 tablespoons (48 grams) granulated sugar, divided
  • 1 (0.25-ounce) bundle (7 grams) energetic dry yeast*
  • 2 1⁄2 to 2 3⁄4 cups (317 to 349 grams) bread flour, divided
  • 2 teaspoons (6 grams) kosher salt
  • Tangzhong (recipe follows)
  • 1 giant egg (50 grams), room temperature
  • 4 tablespoons (56 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
  1. In a small saucepan, warmth milk over medium warmth till scalding. (An instant-read thermometer ought to register 180°F/82°C.) Let cool till an instant-read thermometer registers 110°F (43°C) to 115°F (46°C).
  2. In a small bowl, whisk collectively heat milk, 1 teaspoon (4 grams) sugar, and yeast. Let stand till foamy, 5 to 10 minutes.
  3. Within the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk collectively 11⁄2 cups (190 grams) flour, salt, and remaining 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons (44 grams) sugar by hand. Add heat yeast combination, Tangzhong, and egg; utilizing the paddle attachment, beat at low pace till properly mixed. With mixer on low pace, progressively add 1 cup (127 grams) flour, beating simply till a shaggy dough comes collectively and stopping to scrape sides of bowl.
  4. Swap to the dough hook attachment. Beat at low pace till dough is cheesy, elastic, and barely easy, about 8 minutes; add as much as remaining 1⁄4 cup (32 grams) flour, 1 tablespoon (8 grams) at a time, if dough is just too sticky. Add butter, 1 tablespoon (14 grams) at a time, beating till mixed after every addition (about 5 minutes complete). Scrape sides of bowl and dough hook. Beat till dough is totally easy and passes the windowpane take a look at, about 12 minutes. (See Word.) Prove dough onto a clear floor, and form right into a easy spherical.
  5. Calmly oil a big bowl. Place dough in bowl, turning to grease high. Cowl and let rise in a heat, draft-free place (75°F/24°C) till doubled in dimension, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

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*We used Purple Star® All-Pure Energetic Dry Yeast.

Word: To make use of the windowpane take a look at to test dough for correct gluten improvement, frivolously flour fingers and pinch off (don’t tear) a small piece of dough. Slowly pull the dough out from the middle. If the dough is prepared, it is possible for you to to stretch it till it’s skinny and translucent like a windowpane. If the dough tears, it’s not fairly prepared. Beat for 1 minute, and take a look at once more.

Tangzhong

  • 6 tablespoons (90 grams) complete milk
  • 3 tablespoons (24 grams) bread flour
  1. In a small saucepan, whisk collectively milk and flour. Cook dinner over medium- low warmth, whisking continually, till thickened, whisk leaves traces on backside of pan, and an instant-read thermometer registers 150°F (66°C). (Combination will seem like mashed potatoes.) Switch to a small bowl, and let cool till an instant-read thermometer registers 130°F (54°C) or till room temperature.

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Milk Bread Loaf

  • Milk Bread Dough (recipe precedes)
  • 1 giant egg (50 grams), room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon (15 grams) complete milk
  1. Spray a 9×5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
  2. Punch down Milk Bread Dough, and let stand for 10 minutes. Divide dough into 3 parts (about 243 grams every). On a really frivolously floured floor, roll 1 portion right into a 10×6-inch oval. (Preserve remaining dough coated with plastic wrap to stop it from drying out.) Fold every lengthy facet over towards heart by about 1⁄2 inch. Utilizing a rolling pin, flatten dough, ensuring it’s 5 inches vast. Beginning with one quick facet, roll up dough right into a log, pinching seam to seal. (Watch out to not roll up dough too tight.) Place, seam facet down, in heart of ready pan. Repeat with remaining dough, putting equidistant between heart dough and sides of pan. Cowl and let rise in a heat, draft-free place (75°F/24°C) till puffed and holds an indentation when pressed, about 45 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
  4. In a small bowl, whisk collectively egg and remaining 1 tablespoon (15 grams) milk. Brush high of dough with egg wash.
  5. Bake till an instant-read thermometer inserted in heart registers 190°F (88°C), about 40 minutes, overlaying with foil midway by baking. Let cool in pan for five minutes. Take away from pan, and let cool fully on a wire rack earlier than slicing.

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Almond Cream Buns

  • 3 tablespoons (42 grams) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1⁄4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar
  • 1 giant egg white (30 grams)
  • 1⁄8 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2⁄3 cup (64 grams) almond meal
  • 1⁄4 cup (31 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1⁄8 teaspoon kosher salt
  • Milk Bread Dough (recipe precedes)
  • 1 giant egg (50 grams), room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon (15 grams) complete milk
  • 1⁄4 cup (28 grams) sliced almonds
  1. Line 2 rimless baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a medium bowl, beat butter and sugar with a hand mixer fitted with beater attachments at medium pace till fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg white and almond extract, and beat till mixed. Beat in almond meal, flour, and salt till properly mixed.
  3. Punch down Milk Bread Dough, and prove onto a really frivolously floured floor. Divide dough into 12 parts (about 60 grams). Form every portion right into a easy ball; cowl, and let stand for five to 10 minutes.
  4. On a clear floor, utilizing a floured rolling pin, roll 1 dough ball right into a 3-inch disk. Utilizing the rolling pin or your fingers, press on outer edges to make them thinner than heart. (Remaining dimension needs to be 3 3⁄4 inches vast.) Place 1 rounded tablespoon (18 grams) almond cream in heart of disk. Pinch edges up and round filling till well-sealed. Place dough, seam facet down, on work floor. Gently cup together with your hand, and rotate dough 2 to three instances to seal and create a easy spherical. Examine backside of spherical to verify it’s sealed, pinching dough collectively if wanted, earlier than putting on ready pan. Repeat with remaining dough and remaining almond cream, and place at the least 3 inches aside on ready pans. Utilizing sharp scissors, make 5 equidistant 1⁄2-inch-deep cuts round every bun. Cowl and let rise in a heat, draft-free place (75°F/24°C) till puffed and holds an indentation when pressed, 30 to 45 minutes.
  5. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
  6. In a small bowl, whisk collectively egg and milk. Brush high and sides of dough with egg wash. Place almonds in heart of every bun.
  7. Bake till golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted in heart registers 190°F (88°C), about 18 minutes. Let cool on pan for five minutes. Serve heat or at room temperature.

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Scallion Ropes

  • 1 cup (85 grams) frivolously packed finely sliced scallion (inexperienced onion)
  • 1 1⁄2 tablespoons (21 grams) sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon (4 grams) minced garlic
  • 3⁄4 teaspoon crushed purple pepper (non-obligatory)
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon (1.5 grams) kosher salt
  • Milk Bread Dough (recipe precedes)
  • 1 giant egg (50 grams), room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon (15 grams) complete milk
  • 1 teaspoon (3 grams) white sesame seeds
  • 1 teaspoon (3 grams) black sesame seeds
  • 1 teaspoon (3 grams) flaked sea salt
  1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. In a small bowl, stir collectively scallion, sesame oil, garlic, purple pepper (if utilizing), and kosher salt.
  3. Punch down Milk Bread Dough, and let stand for 10 minutes. On a really frivolously floured floor, divide dough into 6 parts (about 120 grams every). On a really frivolously floured floor, roll 1 portion right into a 10×5-inch oval. (Preserve remaining dough coated with plastic wrap to stop it from drying out.) Unfold about 11⁄2 tablespoons (19 grams) scallion combination onto dough, leaving a 1⁄2-inch border on all sides. Beginning with one lengthy facet, roll up dough, jelly roll model, pinching seam and ends properly to seal. Place dough horizontally in entrance of you. Place fingers flat on every finish of rope, and concurrently roll your left hand up and your proper hand down 2 to three instances till dough twists into a decent rope. Carry rope by holding at each ends, and it’ll naturally begin twisting round itself. Twist rope twice, and pinch and tuck ends as you place on ready pan. Repeat with remaining dough and remaining scallion combination, and place about 3 inches aside on ready pan. Cowl and let rise in a heat, draft-free place (75°F/24°C) till puffed and holds an indentation when pressed, 30 to 45 minutes.
  4. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
  5. In a small bowl, whisk collectively egg and milk.
  6. In one other small bowl, stir collectively all sesame seeds and sea salt. Brush high and sides of dough with egg wash. Generously sprinkle sesame seed combination onto ropes.
  7. Bake till golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted in heart registers 190°F (88°C), about 25 minutes. Let cool on pan for five minutes. Serve heat or at room temperature.

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TRUST IN THE TANGZHONG 

Preserve a detailed eye on the temperature whereas making the Tanzhong— a white roux manufactured from milk and flour. If it overcooks, it loses its springiness and the moisture it provides to the Milk Bread Dough. 

 

1. In a small saucepan, whisk collectively milk and flour. Cook dinner over medium-low warmth, whisking continually, till thickened, whisk leaves traces on backside of pan, and an instant-read thermometer registers 150°F (66°C). (Combination will seem like mashed potatoes.) Switch to a small bowl, and let cool till an instant-read thermometer registers 130°F (54°C) or till room temperature. When making the Tangzhong, a digital thermometer can exactly measure when the starch within the flour gelatinizes. (If you happen to don’t have a thermometer, you’ll know when the Tangzhong is prepared by its thickness. It should resemble mashed potatoes.) The gelatinized starch within the Tangzhong creates a softer crumb and provides the bread an extended shelf life.

TIME TO SCALD 

Heating the milk to only the appropriate temperature ensures the dough is heat sufficient for the right first rise however not so sizzling that it’s going to kill the yeast

1. In a small saucepan, warmth milk over medium warmth till scalding. (An instant-read thermometer ought to register 180°F/82°C.) Let cool till an instant-read thermometer registers 110°F (43°C) to 115°F (46°C). Don’t skip this step! Scalding milk weakens the whey protein in it, permitting the yeast to do its job! Whey protein can weaken gluten and forestall the dough from rising correctly.

2. In a small bowl, whisk collectively heat milk, 1 teaspoon (4 grams) sugar, and yeast. Let stand till foamy, 5 to 10 minutes. This step, also called “blooming” the yeast, is an easy method to dissolve your yeast and ensure it’s energetic.

 

TAKING SHAPE 

It’s time to mix all the Tangzhong with the remainder of the milk bread elements as we start the dough-making course of

 

1. Within the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk collectively 11⁄2 cups (190 grams) flour, salt, and remaining 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons (44 grams) sugar by hand. Add heat yeast combination, Tangzhong, and egg; utilizing the paddle attachment, beat at low pace till properly mixed. With mixer on low pace, progressively add 1 cup (127 grams) flour, beating simply till a shaggy dough comes collectively and stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Including the flour in two additions ensures all of the elements are evenly integrated into the dough.

THE KNEAD 

Permitting the stand mixer to do the kneading is vital to getting the right dough consistency

1. Swap to the dough hook attachment. Beat at low pace till dough is cheesy, elastic, and barely easy, about 8 minutes; add as much as remaining 1⁄4 cup (32 grams) flour, 1 tablespoon (8 grams) at a time, if dough is just too sticky. Add butter, 1 tablespoon (14 grams) at a time, beating till mixed after every addition (about 5 minutes complete). Scrape sides of bowl and dough hook. Beat till dough is totally easy and passes the windowpane take a look at, about 12 minutes. (See Word.) Prove dough onto a clear floor, and form right into a easy spherical. Because the butter is integrated, friction and warmth from the mixer will heat it, so the butter mustn’t be too heat, because it may soften and separate from the dough. Alternatively, if the butter is just too chilly, it received’t incorporate easily into the dough, and items of butter will stay even after an extended mixing time.

2. Calmly oil a big bowl. Place dough in bowl, turning to grease high. Cowl and let rise in a heat, draft-free place (75°F/24°C) till doubled in dimension, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

SHAPE & BAKE: TRADITIONAL LOAF 

1. Spray a 9×5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

2. Punch down Milk Bread Dough, and let stand for 10 minutes. Divide dough into 3 parts (about 243 grams every). On a really frivolously floured floor, roll 1 portion into a ten×6-inch oval. (Preserve remaining dough coated with plastic wrap to stop it from drying out.) Fold every lengthy facet over towards heart by about 1⁄2 inch. Utilizing a rolling pin, flatten dough, ensuring it’s 5 inches vast. Beginning with one quick facet, roll up dough right into a log, pinching seam to seal. (Watch out to not roll up dough too tight.) Place, seam facet down, in heart of ready pan. Repeat with remaining dough, putting equidistant between heart dough and sides of pan. Cowl and let rise in a heat, draft-free place (75°F/24°C) till puffed and holds an indentation when pressed, about 45 minutes.

3. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).

4. In a small bowl, whisk collectively egg and remaining 1 tablespoon (15 grams) milk. Brush high of dough with egg wash. The egg wash provides the loaf a shiny, darkish gold crust.

5. Bake till an instant-read thermometer inserted in heart registers 190°F (88°C), about 40 minutes, overlaying with foil midway by baking. Let cool in pan for five minutes. Take away from pan, and let cool fully on a wire rack earlier than slicing.

SHAPE & BAKE: ALMOND CREAM BUNS 

 

1. Line 2 rimless baking sheets with parchment paper.

2. In a medium bowl, beat butter and sugar with a hand mixer fitted with beater attachments at medium pace till fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add egg white and almond extract, and beat till mixed. Beat in almond meal, flour, and salt till properly mixed. This almond cream, which can be referred to as frangipane, has a nutty, candy style and provides a richness and fantastic texture distinction to the mushy milk bread.

3. Punch down Milk Bread Dough, and prove onto a really frivolously floured floor. Divide dough into 12 parts (about 60 grams). Form every portion right into a easy ball; cowl, and let stand for five to 10 minutes.

4. On a clear floor, utilizing a floured rolling pin, roll 1 dough ball right into a 3-inch disk. Utilizing the rolling pin or your fingers, press on outer edges to make them thinner than heart. (Remaining dimension needs to be 33⁄4 inches vast.) Place 1 rounded tablespoon (18 grams) almond cream in heart of disk. Pinch edges up and round filling till well-sealed. Place dough, seam facet down, on work floor. Gently cup together with your hand, and rotate dough 2 to three instances to seal and create a easy spherical. Examine backside of spherical to verify it’s sealed, pinching dough collectively if wanted, earlier than putting on ready pan. Repeat with remaining dough and remaining almond cream, and place at the least 3 inches aside on ready pans. Utilizing sharp scissors, make 5 equidistant 1⁄2-inch cuts round sides of every bun. Cowl and let rise in a heat, draft-free place (75°F/24°C) till puffed and holds an indentation when pressed, 30 to 45 minutes.

5. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).

6. In a small bowl, whisk collectively egg and milk. Brush high and sides of dough with egg wash. Place almonds in heart of every bun.

7. Bake till golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted in heart registers 190°F (88°C), about 18 minutes. Let cool on pan for five minutes. Serve heat or at room temperature.

SHAPE & BAKE: SCALLION ROPES 

 

 

1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. In a small bowl, stir collectively scallion, sesame oil, garlic, purple pepper (if utilizing), and kosher salt.

3. Punch down Milk Bread Dough, and let stand for 10 minutes. On a really frivolously floured floor, divide dough into 6 parts (about 120 grams every). On a really frivolously floured floor, roll 1 portion into a ten×5-inch oval. (Preserve remaining dough coated with plastic wrap to stop it from drying out.) Unfold about 11⁄2 tablespoons (19 grams) scallion combination onto dough, leaving a 1⁄2-inch border on all sides. Beginning with one lengthy facet, roll up dough, jelly roll model, pinching seam and ends properly to seal. Place dough horizontally in entrance of you. Place fingers flat on every finish of rope, and concurrently roll your left hand up and your proper hand down 2 to three instances till dough twists into a decent rope. Carry rope by holding at each ends, and it’ll naturally begin twisting round itself. Twist rope twice, and pinch and tuck ends as you place on ready pan. Repeat with remaining dough and remaining scallion combination, and place about 3 inches aside on ready pan. Cowl and let rise in a heat, draft-free place (75°F/24°C) till puffed and holds an indentation when pressed, 30 to 45 minutes. If there’s an excessive amount of flour on the dough and it’ll not pinch to seal, run your fingers alongside the seam with just a little little bit of water.

4. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).

5. In a small bowl, whisk collectively egg and milk.

6. In one other small bowl, stir collectively all sesame seeds and sea salt. Brush high and sides of dough with egg wash. Generously sprinkle sesame seed combination onto ropes.

7. Bake till golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted in heart registers 190°F (88°C), about 25 minutes. Let cool on pan for five minutes. Serve heat or at room temperature.


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