Red bean buns and all the possibilities

Plus more on the secret to soft and fluffy shokupan

This morning I woke up to the kitchen still smelling of buttery shokupan bread and some lovely red bean buns from last night’s online cooking class for newsletter subscribers! Thank you to those of you who joined me — I am particularly impressed with the Australians who were there at 6am! Unfortunately the recording did not work (apologies, this was my …