Fun Bread Ideas for Lunar New Year - Cow Milk Bread

Adorable cow prints to usher in the year of the cow this Lunar Niu (牛) Year. Using my favourite trusty Tangzhong Milk Bread recipe, I layered some black charcoal dough and milk dough in random patterns to resemble cow patches.

INGREDIENTS
[Tangzhong]
20 g high protein bread flour
100 g milk or water

[Main Dough]
130 g fresh milk chilled
1 egg yolk
30 g castor sugar
½ tsp salt
10 g milk powder
270-290 g high protein bread flour
1 tsp instant dried yeast
25 g unsalted butter at room temperature

[Charcoal Dough]
½ tsp charcoal powder
½ tsp milk
1 tbsp high protein bread flour