Matcha Milk Crumb Bread Rolls ❤️ A Must-Try for Matcha Lovers

🍞 Ingredients: (Makes 8 rolls)

🌼 Bread Dough: Bread flour 500g, instant dry yeast 5g, salt 3g, sugar 60g, cold milk 290g (adjust as needed), 1 large egg (mine was 58g), room-temperature softened butter 45g.

🌼 Matcha Milk Crumb Filling: Room-temperature softened butter 110g, half an egg (save the other half for egg wash), sugar 45g, milk powder 70g, cake flour 50g, matcha powder 7g.

🌼 Topping: Egg wash, sesame seeds.

🍞 Method:

1️⃣ Add all dough ingredients except the butter into the stand mixer bowl. I usually put the salt, sugar, and liquids at the bottom, cover with flour, and place the yeast on top so the yeast doesn't touch the salt and sugar directly, protecting yeast activity.

2️⃣ Mix the dough until it reaches the thick membrane stage, then add the butter and mix until you get a thin, translucent membrane (full windowpane stage). Shape into a tight ball, cover, and proof for about 50 minutes.

3️⃣ Meanwhile, make the matcha milk crumb filling. Beat the softened butter until smooth, add the sugar and mix well, then beat in the egg. Stir in the milk powder and cake flour until combined, and finally mix in the matcha powder until uniform. Set aside.

4️⃣ Once the dough has doubled in size, gently degas to release large air pockets. Divide into 8 equal pieces, shape into tight balls, cover, and let rest on the bench for about 10 minutes.

5️⃣ Start preheating the oven to 180°C now (if your oven takes a while to preheat thoroughly). Shape the rolls while the oven preheats, following Photos 6 and 7.

6️⃣ Brush the tops with egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds before baking. Bake for about 19 minutes.

🌼 Baker's Notes:

1. Adjust the baking temperature and time according to how your oven runs.

2. You may notice there is no separate second proof step listed. That is because it's hot in the summer, the dough is rolled into thin layers, and shaping all 8 rolls takes quite a bit of time. By the time I finished shaping the eighth roll, the rolls were already plump and well proofed.

3. These rolls smell and taste wonderful. If you love matcha, give them a try!

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