Shokupan (Japanese White Bread)

Name: Shokupan (Japanese White Bread)
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: ¾ cup (4⅛ ounces/117 grams), bread flour; ½ cup, boiling water; 1¼ cups, milk; 2⅔ cups (14⅔ ounces/416 grams), bread flour; 2 teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 2 tablespoons, sugar; 1½ teaspoons, table salt; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened

Desserts or Baked Goods
Japanese
Breads

By Andrea Geary ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2022

With its thin crust, cloudlike crumb, and enduring freshness, Japan’s shokupan is a baker’s delight.

SERVES Makes one 13-inch loaf

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 5½ hours resting, rising, and cooling

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