{"id":46052,"date":"2026-01-11T00:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamafoodblog.com\/?p=46052"},"modified":"2026-01-10T13:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:32:01","slug":"salt-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamafoodblog.com\/salt-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt Bread Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crispy, soft, pillowy, and bursting with butter, these Korean salt bread rolls are the best rolls you\u2019ll ever make!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m obsessed with salt bread. When I see it, I want it. Salt bread that\u2019s just out of the oven is amazing and if you\u2019ve ever wandered past a salt bread bakery and seen a line up of eager bread lovers, I hope you joined it. You\u2019ll never forget your first salt bread. The crispy crust, the soft and tender insides, the little melted pool of butter waiting for you like a secret. I know it sounds like hyperbole, but it really is just that good.<\/p>\n

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The trend is real<\/h2>\n

Salt bread is one of those things where once you\u2019ve had one roll, you immediately want another. Coming out of Korea, via Japan, salt bread, or sogeum-ppang, is a super popular bakery bread roll that showcases the simple flavors of butter and salt.<\/p>\n

What is salt bread?<\/h2>\n

The name is deceptively simple and descriptive. Salt bread is literally bread. With salt. Don\u2019t discount its deliciousness though. The addictiveness of salt bread lies in the textural contrast: crunchy, crispy butter-fried bottoms with soft, light, pillowy tops. The centers tend to be hollow with a surprise pool of butter waiting for you. Essentially, salt bread is a crescent roll, if crescent rolls were actually good. The basic recipe for salt bread is a milk bread dough, cut into individual portions, rolled up around a frozen baton of butter. When the bread bakes, the butter melts and pools, creating a pool of butter for the bottom of bun.<\/p>\n

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Where is salt bread from?<\/h2>\n

The consensus on the origin of salt bread is that it\u2019s a Korean take on the underrated Japanese shio-pan: a salty, buttery bun. Most people now tend to think of salt bread as an \u201cAsian\u201d bread, one that you can find at Asian bakeries like 85\u00b0C or dedicated salt bread bakeries. Thanks to the internet, even a humble bun can be viral and that\u2019s where we are now, with people lining up in timed intervals for freshly baked salt bread in Seoul.<\/p>\n

How to make salt bread<\/h2>\n

Now that you\u2019re convinced, let\u2019s make salt bread! If you\u2019ve made bread before, you\u2019ll find this relatively easy. You start out with a regular milk bread dough, then divide it and shape each piece into an extra-long tapered triangle. The essential step is adding a small rectangle of butter on the wide end of the dough and roll it up like a croissant. As the bread bakes, the butter melts slowly while the crust firms up, becoming thin and crisp.<\/p>\n

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Salt bread ingredients<\/h2>\n