Put the ☆ ingredients into a bowl and mix well. Add milk and the bread starter and use your fingers or a rubber spatula to mix gently until no longer floury.

Take out the dough and form it into a smooth ball by folding it in on itself and pressing the seams of the dough ball tightly closed. Put it into a plastic bag. Hold the mouth of the bag loosely to press out the air, and then tie it shut.

The next day, once the dough has risen enough to fill up the bag, it's ready for the next step. Take the dough out of the bag and knead it about 3 times by turning it over, folding in the edges and pushing out any air bubbles.

Divide the dough into two portions and form each into a round ball with a smooth, taut surface. Place plastic wrap over the balls of dough and give them about 30 minutes of "bench time" to rest at room temperature.

Use a rolling pin to roll out each ball of dough into a 25 cm oval, pushing out any air bubbles as you go. Fold in the sides of the oval so that the right and left edges overlap a bit in the middle.

With the rolling pin or your hands, press in the sides of the dough to fit the width of your loaf pan and then roll the dough up starting from the end closer to you. Use your fingers to pinch the end of the rolled up dough firmly closed.

Put the rolled up dough into a greased loaf pan, and gently press down on the top of the dough with your fist to slightly flatten and even out the height of the rolls of dough.

Cover with plastic wrap and put it into the oven on the bread-rising setting at about 30 ℃ for about 1.5 hours to let the dough rise a second time. The amount of time is approximate. Let it rise until the top of the dough is about 1.5 cm from the top of the pan.

If the bread seems stuck to the pan, you can knock the sides of the pan against the sink or some such place, and it will come loose.

It's so fluffy and soft!

When I let the dough sit for the second rising until it filled up 90 percent of the pan, it spread into the corners too tightly and came out with sharp edges like this.

The homemade yeast bread starter is made with 1 part starter liquid and one part flour mixed with a pinch of salt. It's ready to use on the 4th day. This time I used grape yeast.

For this loaf, I used Golden Yacht brand flour and baked the bread with rounded tops. To get this rounded top, on the second rising, let the dough rise all the way to the top of the loaf pan and then bake for 25~30 minutes at 190 ℃.

These photos are from a time when I let the dough rise overnight for about 8 hours at a room temperature of about 20 ℃ and then, because of my schedule, put the dough in the refrigerator for about 2 hours for the second rising.

Here are some freshly made white bread rolls. I made these by dividing the dough into portions of about 50 g and baking for 10 minutes at 170 ℃ and then an additional 5 minutes at 160 ℃. They came out so light and soft.

These are round-topped loaves made with Haruyo Koi Blend flour.