Japanese Condensed Milk Bread Recipe

today, i will be sharing with you this delicious japanese condensed milk bread that i've been obsessing with! this whole quarantine life definitely gave me so much time to invent and play around with my baking skills! most of the time my inventions flops, but once in a while i get really good results. just like this recipe that i'm about to share with you guys!

ingredients:

for the dough

• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp yeast
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp condensed milk
• 4 tbsp butter
• extra flour if needed

for the filling

• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp condensed milk

directions:

1. in a bowl, warm up the milk in the microwave (110F to 115F) hot milk will kill the yeast
2. combine the 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp yeast into the warm milk and mix well. set aside
3. into a different bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt, condensed milk, butter and the yeast mixture. mix well
4. start kneading until well mixed. the dough should be soft and smooth. add more flour if needed.
5. form the dough into a ball and cover. let the dough rise until doubled in size. about an hour or two
6. for the filling, combine the butter and condensed milk together
7. once the dough is ready, flatten the dough into a square form
8. cut the dough into long strips using a knife or a pizza dough cutter
9. spread the filling on top of the sliced dough
10. stack the dough together and cut the dough into pieces
11. move the small pieces dough into a prepared baking pan and let the dough rise again for another hour
12. bake the dough to 325 for 20 minutes
13. after 20 minutes turn the oven temperature down to 300F and bake for another 10 minutes
14. and the bread is ready to be eaten!

enjoy! hope that everyone is staying safe! happy baking!

love you bunches!

sai