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

1. Roast the walnuts in an oven for 7 minutes at 160°C.
2. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add sugar, bread flour, and salt.
3. Turn onto a table; knead until smooth and elastic. Add some butter, and knead for a few minutes.
   
   
4. Add some walnuts to the dough and knead to mix them together.
   
5. Place the dough in a bowl, cover, and rise in a warm place until doubled.
6. Punch the dough down, and divide the dough into six parts. Cover the divided dough with a wrung-out towel; leave them for 10 minutes.
   
7. Roll out the dough and hold gently to make a circle about 1 cm thick. Make 6 snicks toward the centre of the dough.
   
8. Cover the dough with a wet cloth and leave them for 60 minutes at room temperature.
9. Coat the dough with a beaten egg; Bake at 360°F (180°C) for 15 minutes.