Yudane

1. Make Yudane the day or night before: Place bread flour in a bowl. Add the hot boiling water into bowl and mix well. Cling wrap dough and place in fridge overnight.

Bread Dough

1. Pour the room temperature milk into inner bread pan of bread machine or mixing bowl.
2. Add sugar, butter, yeast. Tear Yudane into pieces and add it in, followed by bread flour, salt.
3. Turn on bread machine to dough kneading mode, or mix the dough with your mixer.
4. Add in raisin after kneading dough for about 5 mins.
5. When dough is mixed to window pane stage, roll the dough into a round ball and let proof for about 1 hour. Place a piece of cling wrap or clean damp cloth over the dough to prevent drying.
6. Punch dough down and divide into 12 portions with a scraper. Roll them into round balls of dough.
7. Place dough into lined or greased 8″x8″ baking tray. Place cling wrap or cloth over the tray. Proof 2nd time for about 1 hour.
8. Just before proofing ends, preheat oven to 180C. Brush the top of each bread dough with milk and sprinkle with oats. Bake in preheated oven at 180C for about 20-25 mins.