Recreating Milk Bread in the Bread Maker

John’s favorite bakery is closing and I’m trying to replicate their Japanese Honey Milk bread. I found this recipe designed for the Zojirushi bread maker (which I found for six dollars at Goodwill):

https://kimchimari.com/milk-bread-bread-machine-recipe/

The only modification I made was to bake the dough in a pullman pan rather than the bread maker pan in order to avoid holes in the bottom of the loaf.

Lessons Learned:

• 50 minutes was too long to bake.

• Resting a pullman pan directly on the burner may have led to burnt edges.

• The crumb was too dense.

  To try next time:

• Bake in oven instead of bread maker.

• Find recipe closer to brioche.

• Reduce kneading and proofing times.

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bread food December 19, 2023

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