Bake this rich, buttery brioche bread for your kids, friends or a family weekend. You dont own a mixer, it doesn’t really matter. Mixing by hand is really simple. Start mixing the ingredients with a spoo, then continue on your counter top by hand until you obtain a smooth elastic ball of dough. The butter/flour ratio is 1/5 which is quite low for a (french) brioche bread. The leftover slices (if any) are wonderful for French toast or bread pudding. Freeze well too. Enjoy this wonderful Brioche bread!photos coco zordan
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Brioche Bread
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Servings
12 slices
Prep time
10 min.
Cooking time
20 min.
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Ingredients
- ingredients for 2 loaves
g. 700 (unbleached) all purpose flour
g. 200 lukewarm milk
g. 140 softened butter room temperature
2 eggs
g. 80 sugar t.t.
g. 8 active dry yeast
1 tsp salt
- Egg Wash
1 egg
2 Tbs. milk
Directions
NOTE: add butter and salt at last. NOTE 2: if you don’t own a mixer, mixing/kneading by hand is really simple. Start with a spoon then tilt the batter on your counter top and finish by hand until you obtain a nice smooth ball.
to the mixer bowl add: flour, milk, sugar, yeast, eggs, and mix. Then add butter and salt. Mix on low speed for a few minutes until the batter starts to come off from the sides. When it does, increase the speed and let mix for further 8/10 minutes. The dough will easily come off the hook when ready.
lay the dough on your counter top and shape it into a smooth ball
move into the bowl, cover and let rest until doubles its size (about 1 or 2 hours depending on your kitchen temperature)
in the meantime grease 2 baking pans with olive oil or butter
after 2 hours remove dough from bowl, punch back, reshape and cut in 2 halves
cut each half in 3 equal pieces, roll each piece into a 1-inch “sausage” and make a braid. Repeat with the other half.
Set oven at 375/400F (depending on your oven). Prepare the egg wash: whisk well one egg with 2 Tbs. milk. Brush the 2 loaves with the egg wash.
sprinkle with granulated sugar (or just regular sugar) and let loaves proof for about 20/30 minutes
put in the hot oven for about 20/25 minutes
remove from oven and let cool down before removing from the mold and slicing. Enjoy the Brioche Bread alone or with jam and butter!
