Chocolate Milk Hearth Bread

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Here is Japanese Chocolate Milk Hearth Bread recipe with its soft texture and rustic look! Explore our easy-to-follow guide to enjoy this bread.

Prep Time2 10

Cook Time20

Course: Bread and Buns, Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: Japanese

Servings: loaves

Calories: 145kcal

Author: Claudia

Equipment

1 Standing mixer
1 Baking tray
1 Scoring knife

Ingredients

210 gr high protein flour
30 gr sugar
3 gr instant yeast
21 gr cocoa powder
42 gr hot water
88 gr whipping cream
54 gr water or milk
15 gr unsalted butter
3 gr salt

Instructions

Mix cocoa powder with hot water. Stir well until well-blended. Set aside.
Sieve flour into a mixing bowl. Add in sugar and instant yeast.
Pour whipping cream and milk into the mixing bowl.Transfer the cocoa mixture to the bowl.
Put the mixing bowl on the kitchen mixer with a dough hook attachment. Use the hook to stir the dry ingredients a little bit so the flour won’t scatter when you turn on the machine.
Turn on the lowest speed and let it mix for 5 minutes or until it forms a dough. Put in the butter and salt.
Turn the speed up to medium and keep kneading until the dough is smooth and elastic.
Take a bit of the dough and stretch it lightly. It will form a thin layer, and you can see the light through. This is called a window pane stage, which means it is ready for proofing.
Remove the dough and put it in a lightly greased bowl so it does not stick to the bowl after fermentation.Cover with cling wrap or a cloth. Let it ferment for one hour or until it is doubled in size.
After one hour, punch the dough to let out the air. Knead a few more times and divide the dough into two or four equal sizes.
Roll flat the dough with a rolling pin. Roll it flat into a rectangular shape. Fold each side to the center. Start rolling from one side and pinch both ends. Seal the end by pinching tightly.
Cover the dough with cling wrap and let it ferment for another 40 minutes or until it doubles its size. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Sprinkle with some flour and score the top with any pattern you like. Put the dough in the preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes.
Take out the bread from the oven and let it cool on the cooling rack before slicing. Slice the bread and serve with butter or jam. Enjoy!

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Notes

Sprinkle some flour on top of the bread before scoring. When baked, the bread will develop and show beautiful patterns on top.

Add chocolate paste for more flavor into the dough, if you like.

Mix cocoa powder with hot water well before adding it in the dough, so the chocolate will blend well throughout the dough.

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