Super Soft Potato Bread

I'm a fan of "YAMAZAKI POTATO BREAD- Yamazaki is a Japanese Bakery Shop" since I was staying in Thailand and will always buy back every time I visit the shop. Once I heard there is someone who did the experiment of making potato bread as close as Yamazaki potato bread, I told myself that I could not miss to try her recipe.

Her recipe is very famous for Thai bloggers and everybody thumb up this is the best potato bread recipe ever! I would like to agree with them also after I tried baking.... Super soft and easy making bread recipe which bread lover can't miss!

Super Soft Potato Bread

Bread flour 250 g.
Milk powder 20 g.
Yeast 1 1/2 tsp.
Sugar 4 Tbsp.
Salt 1/4 tsp.
Mashed potatoes 150 g.
Egg (medium size) 1
Unsalted butter 40 g.

1. Put butter and sugar into the bowl and place in the microwave till the butter is melted with the sugar. Add in mashed potatoes and stir till incorporate.
2. Mix flour, milk powder, yeast, sugar, salt in the mixing bowl and start with low speed to make all the dry ingredients well mixed then pour in potato mixture and slowly add in egg. Continue kneading the dough with medium speed (The dough will look crumbly at first but it will be incorporated likes a dough after 3-5 mins).
3. Continue kneading the dough till it's smooth and elastic then shape likes a ball and place into the greased bowl. Wrap with the cling film and rest for 1 hour.
4. Punch down to release the air and roll out the dough in rectangle then roll up likes swiss roll to form a loaf. Place the dough into greased loaf tin and wrap with cling film. Rest the dough for 40-50 mins.
5. Brush the top with egg wash (I skipped this state) and baked in the preheat oven 175C for 25-30 mins.

Remarks: The original recipe did the dough shaping like a big round ball which looks same as Yamazaki potato bread but I preferred to make as a loaf and I added some black sesames into the dough as well.

Special Thanks: Khun Nong (weenong from bloggang.com) who created this copycat Yamazaki potato bread recipe.