20th March 2018 / Last updated : 14th June 2019 Mog 06 : Sweets & Snacks

Red beans paste bread (Anpan, あんパン)

Anpan was invented in 1874 by Yasubei Kimra, the owner of the  Kimuraya bakery, and his son. This anpan was presented to Emperor Meiji by Tesshu Yamaoka and acquired fame as the royal warrant. Anpan was prevalent nationwide around 1897 and was sold more than 100,00 items a day in Kimuraya. Ingredients (8 pieces) Bread flour: 250 g Dried yeast: 2 g Beaten egg: 1/2 Water: 60 cc Milk: 75 g Sugar: 25 g Salt: 4 g Butter: 25 g Anko: approximately 160 g Instruction In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add sugar, bread flour, and salt. Turn onto a table; knead until smooth and elastic. Add some […]
14th March 2018 / Last updated : 1st April 2018 Mog 07 : Other

Fluffy Walnut Bread (くるみパン)

Perhaps this cannot be called Japanese cuisine. But we certainly have different types of bread. Japanese people love fluffy bread like this. Ingredients Bread flour: 250g Butter: 30g Sugar: 30g 1 teaspoon of maple syrup Salt: 4g Water: 160g 1 teaspoon of yeast Walnut: 50g Beaten egg: adjust to suit your needs Instructions Roast the walnuts in an oven for 7 minutes at 160°C. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add sugar, bread flour, and salt. Turn onto a table; knead until smooth and elastic. Add some butter, and knead more few minutes. Add some walnuts to the dough and knead to mix them together. Place the dough […]
3rd March 2018 / Last updated : 5th December 2018 Mog 06 : Sweets & Snacks

Melonpan (メロンパン)

Melonpan, which many Japanese people (including Dorami-chan, Doraemon’s sister) love, is bread covered with cookie dough. Don’t get confused: melonpan was named after melons, but we cannot find any melons in the recipe. “Melon-looking-bread” ­- that’s the Melonpan! Ingredients [Bread dough] 250 g of bread flour 2 g of dried yeast 1/2 of beaten egg 60 cc of water 75 g of milk 25 g of sugar 4 g of salt 25 g of butter [cookie dough] 200 g of all-purpose flour 60 g of sugar 1/2 of beaten egg 100 g of butter 1 tbsp of grated yuzu peel (otherwise lemon peel) Instruction [Prepation of bread dough] In a […]