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Put the ingredients into the bread maker in this order: ingredients, ingredients, ingredients then the yeast.
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Start the dough course.
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After making sure the dough has risen enough, remove from the bread maker and separate into 8 equal portions.
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Punch out the gas, shape the dough into balls and leave to rest for 15 minutes (cover with a damp cloth to prevent drying out.)
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Lighly press out some of the gas, reform into balls and line up on a sheet of parchment paper.
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Make an indent across the center of the bread with a chopstick dusted in flour.
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Spray the bread with a little water and leave to proof for a second time.
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Spray again and then sift over some joshinko flour with a tea strainer or similar.
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Preheat the oven to 180C (pre-heat the baking tray too), then turn the temperature down to 150C and bake the bread for 12-13 minutes.
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Once baked, take the bread out of the oven on parchment paper and leave to cool.
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Store them in a plastic bag so that they don't dry out.
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12
They're so fluffy when just baked.
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If you don't press down firmly when scoring the line, it'll disappear and you will end up with bread that looks like this.
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They're so cute and round!
