Tangzhong Bread

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4.75 from 4 votes

Adapted from Christine's Recipes

Servings: slices

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time2 30

Cook Time30

Total Time3

Ingredients

For the Tangzhong:

30 g flour
150 g cold water

For the Dough:

350 g strong flour
5 g instant yeast - or 15 g fresh yeast
55 g sugar
5 g salt
1 egg
125 g milk - buttermilk works too
120 g tangzhong
30 g butter - melted and cooled

For Glazing:

the rest of the tangzhong - it adds gloss and nice golden colour to the crust during baking

Instructions

Prepare the tangzhong:

Whisk together cold water and flour (there should be no lumps) and cook over low heat (stirring all the time) until the temperature reaches 65ºC.
If you don't have a thermometer – no problem – cook until the spoon you're stirring with leaves a trace. The mixture should have the consistency of something in the middle between crème anglaise and pastry cream.
Leave the tangzhong to cool down at room temperature before using it.

Prepare the dough:

Dissolve yeast in the milk.
Combine together flour, sugar and salt then add in milk with the yeast, tangzhong and egg. Use your hand or stand mixer equipped with the dough hooks to mix all the ingredients into a soft dough then add in the butter.
Let the mixer do the kneading part for 15 – 20 minutes. You can see if the dough is ready by tearing a small piece of it and stretching it to a very thin membrane before it tears.
Cover the bowl and leave it to become double in bulk.
Knock the dough down on a lightly floured counter top, give it a quick knead just to let the gas escape, then form it as desired – a loaf or small buns.
Transfer to buttered loaf pan or lined with paper sheet pan if making buns. Cover with plastic wrap and let it double in bulk again.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Brush with the rest of the tangzhong and bake for around 30 – 35 minutes until nicely golden.

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