Salted Butter Rolls are soft and fluffy Japanese milk bread rolls shaped like croissants! The dough is wrapped around salted butter to infuse the bread with a delicious savoury flavour. Recipe with step-by-step photos.

Salted Butter Rolls

The moment I started making Japanese milk bread, I knew I was hooked on Japanese bread making. I love how soft and fluffy the bread is, and the endless variety of shapes and fillings that you can combine. One shape I am particulary fond of are these croissant-shaped buns, called Salted Butter Rolls (or shio pan in Japanese) because the whole bun is wrapped around a piece of salted butter. As the buns bake, the butter melts into the bread rolls, giving the buns are buttery flavour from within, as well as a crispy bottom from the caramelised butter. They are utterly delicious!