With its thin crust, cloudlike crumb, and enduring freshness, Japan’s shokupan is a baker’s delight. Dan shows you how to achieve a delicious and structurally sound loaf. Get our Shokupan recipe: https://cooks.io/3BReK01 Get our Brown Sugar Toast Instructions here: https://cooks.io/4iKShCC Get exclusive access to every recipe, review, and more: https://cooks.io/41GX55X Sign up for our free newsletters to receive more delicious recipes, cooking tips, and exclusive content: https://cooks.io/402iFk6 Follow Dan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/testcook Follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/testcook ABOUT US: The mission of America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America’s Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), magazines (Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country), cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK All-Access subscription for digital content. Based in a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Fifty full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/. If you like us, follow us: http://cooksillustrated.com http://facebook.com/cooksillustrated http://twitter.com/testkitchen http://instagram.com/cooksillustrated http://pinterest.com/testkitchen 0:00 - What is Yudane? 0:29 - Yudane in Shokupan Dough 0:52 - How to Make Yudane 1:30 - Experiment: Yudane vs. No Yudane 2:14 - Shokupan Dough 3:17 - How to Shape Shokupan 4:01 - Why You Should Let Bread Cool 4:38 - Slicing and Tasting 4:45 - Experiment: Shaped Loaf vs. Unshaped Loaf 5:19 - Brown Sugar Toast 6:10 - Credits