Japanese Honey Butter Corn Bread: A mouthful of fallen gold soft fragrance, at home to re-engrave convenience store explosions

april in Tokyo is always full of cherry blossoms and the air is sweet. At this time, I would like to have some warm and soft snacks with a cup of hot matcha tea. As a baking blogger who has lived in Tokyo for eight years, I have an obsession with snacks in Japanese convenience stores, especially the honey butter corn bread sold in Rosen and 7-11. I can't help buying one every time I pass by. The skin is golden and crisp, the inside is soft and moist, and a bite full of corn and honey butter is fragrant, sweet but not greasy, and my happiness is overwhelming after eating.

To tell the truth, I always thought that the snacks in the convenience store were made by the factory assembly line, and I couldn't make the taste at home. Until last winter, the honey butter corn bread in the convenience store downstairs of my house was out of stock, which made me scratch my heart and scratch my liver. I simply thought about making it myself. I didn't expect to succeed after several attempts. The taste was even better than that in the convenience store, and I could adjust the sweetness and yellow oil according to my taste, only then did I find out that the most important thing in Japanese home baking is to make amazing taste with simple ingredients.

First of all, I would like to introduce myself to you. I am Maya Tanaka (Tanaka Zhenye). I was born on October 15, 1989 in Seitiangu District, Tokyo. I have shared Japanese home baking and improved snacks in aifoodnews for five years. My main business is a teacher in a small baking classroom in Tokyo. At ordinary times, I know best the entanglement of home baking lovers who "want to cook well but are afraid of trouble, it specializes in Japanese snacks with zero failure, few tools and easy-to-buy ingredients. It does not engage in complicated French baking. It focuses on turning convenience store explosions and izakaya snacks into home-made versions. It rejects high-end ingredients and professional equipment. Its pet phrase is" baking is a cure, not a burden ". Its taste prefers sweet, not greasy and fragrant ones, especially against sweet and greasy snacks, at ordinary times, the family always has basic ingredients such as corn flour, honey and salt-free butter. Every time a recipe is developed, the students in the baking classroom will first try it out, adjust the formula according to feedback, and are used to sharing these down-to-earth improvement experiences in the aifoodnews, so that ordinary families can easily make delicious Japanese snacks.

I was the first to think about this corn bread. I was completely forced out by my greedy worm. It snowed heavily in Tokyo last December. I was at home chasing drama. Suddenly I wanted to eat honey butter corn bread. I ran to three convenience stores in the snow and didn't buy it. I was shivering with cold. I turned out the baking tools and started to try it when I got home. When I did it for the first time, I stepped on the pit. Too much corn flour made the bread dry, hard and rough. Butter is salty and tastes salty, which covers the sweetness of honey. The fermentation time is not enough, the bread is not soft enough, and it is hard to bite. After tasting it, I feel sorry for the hard work of buying food in the snow and almost gave up directly.

Later, I changed the details little by little. Corn flour and low gluten flour were mixed at a ratio of 1:2 to ensure soft taste. Use salt-free butter, melt it and honey to beat it together to make the aroma stronger. Baking powder and baking soda can be baked in half an hour without long fermentation. Canned sweet corn grains were also added to increase the taste level. After five attempts, the perfect formula was finally produced. I sent the practice to the aifoodnews, and many baking lovers and fans followed suit. They all said that they didn't have to wait in line at the convenience store. Some people said that they would cook it for their children. The children ate two at a time. Looking at everyone's feedback, I felt that this kind of improvement of grounding was more meaningful than anything else.

This Japanese honey butter corn bread is a representative of Japanese fast bread (Quick Bread) and is clearly different from American corn bread. American corn bread usually uses coarse corn flour, which has a solid taste, while Japanese style pays more attention to soft, moist, sweet and not greasy. A large amount of sweet corn kernels and canned corn soup will be added to increase the flavor and wetness of corn. The proportion of honey and butter has also been carefully adjusted and will not be as greasy as American style. Its positioning in Japan is very close to the people. It is not only a popular snack in convenience stores, but also an introduction to family baking. The elderly and children love to eat it. It is served with cherry blossom tea in spring, iced coffee in summer, hot cocoa in autumn and hot matcha in winter. It is suitable for all seasons.

The biggest difference between it and ordinary corn bread is that the aroma level is full, the taste is soft and does not choke. There is no heavy taste. The taste is balanced by the ratio of low-gluten flour and corn flour. The aroma of corn kernels in the inside and honey butter penetrates into every air hole. The sweet aroma is accompanied by a light buttery and salty aroma. Each bite has a different taste collision and does not feel monotonous at all. Moreover, the matching of ingredients is extremely flexible, and there is no hard and fast requirement. Those who do not like sweet can reduce the amount of honey. Those who like rich taste can add more butter. They can also add shredded cheese and dried cranberries to enrich the taste. They are full of daily necessities and delicious in any matching. They have gradually become popular in Japanese family baking circles and afternoon tea circles.

I sincerely recommend all Japanese dim sum lovers, home baking lovers and convenience store dim sum controllers to try this Japanese honey butter corn bread. It really hits all the demand points of daily dim sum without any production threshold. The most amazing thing is the taste. The outside is crisp and the inside is soft, moist and not firewood. When it is just out of the oven, the outside belt is covered with the burnt fragrance of butter. It is opened with a light tear by hand. The inside is as soft as clouds. The sweet of corn kernels and the fragrance of honey and butter are perfectly blended. It is sweet but not greasy. Even those who do not like sweet snacks can easily accept it, completely subvert the stereotype of "dry, hard and rough" corn bread.

What's more, it has zero failure and can be completed in 40 minutes. It does not need yeast or long-term fermentation. It can be quickly started with baking powder and baking soda. The ingredients are all stock in supermarkets. Low-gluten flour, corn flour, sweet corn grains, honey and salt-free butter can be assembled at will. It does not need to be prepared for a long time in advance. The whole process is finished in three steps: mix batter, pour mold and oven, packed up super convenient, for office workers, baking novice, it is lazy savior. Moreover, it can be prepared one night in advance and can be eaten the next day after heating. The taste is similar to that of the freshly baked product. It is suitable for breakfast, afternoon tea and lunch snacks.

Moreover, it is nutritionally balanced, sweet and unburdened. Corn is rich in dietary fiber and vitamins. Honey provides natural sweetness. Butter is supplemented with high-quality fat in an appropriate amount. It is low in salt and sugar. There is no fear of gaining weight. There is no pressure to eat snacks every day. The elderly eat healthily and the children eat at ease. It is no problem to eat one occasionally during the fat reduction period. It is a healing snack that can be eaten by the whole family.

I now make this corn bread once a week. Every time I do it, I will share in detail the tips for adjusting the sweetness and the methods for increasing the wetness aifoodnews. I just want more people to know that Japanese snacks can not only be bought in convenience stores, but also can be easily made at home, and they are more delicious and healthier. Last month, I taught everyone to make this bread in the baking classroom. A 70-year-old grandmother student succeeded in making it for the first time. She said to me, "Teacher Maya, this is better than what I bought at the Ginza dessert store. It's delicious, and it can be made for my grandson later." Hearing this, I think all the efforts are worth it.

In fact, we always feel that Japanese snacks are difficult to make and require professional skills and high-end ingredients. In fact, they are not at all. As long as the ingredients are properly matched and the proportion is accurate, both taste and health can be taken into account. This Japanese honey butter corn bread is the best example. Simple ingredients and simple methods can bring full happiness. There is no need to queue up to buy convenience store snacks or pay a lot of money for dessert store cakes, you can also enjoy the sweetness of life.

Every time you bake this corn bread, the whole kitchen is full of honey and butter. Watching the dough slowly expand in the oven and turn golden brown, you will feel that baking is really the most healing thing in the world. It has no gorgeous display, no Internet celebrity gimmicks, it is a real Japanese family snack, but it can give us a solid warmth and satisfaction in a busy life.

If you are tired of sweet and greasy desserts or want to find a simple and easy-to-make family snack, you may as well try this Japanese honey butter corn bread. Believe me, you will completely fall in love with this sweet and fragrant taste, and you will no longer have to queue up at convenience stores.

What kind of dim sum do you usually like in Japanese convenience stores? Have you ever had the experience of cooking convenience store food at home? I will reply one by one in the comment section, and I will continue to share more zero-failure, down-to-earth Japanese home baking aifoodnews, and accompany everyone to make full healing and happiness with simple ingredients.