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Brioche – Fresh From the Oven

Published on August 29, 2010 by Helen Best-Shaw 8 Comments
Last Updated on July 3, 2018

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This month’s Fresh From the Oven Challenge was hosted by Chele, from Chocolate Teapot, who choose brioche for the challenge.    I was hugely excited about this as I love brioche and had never made it before, but had always enjoyed it on French holidays.   Muttering “Let them eat cake” to myself I set about making the dough.  Chele provided us with a recipe from  River Cottage Handbook No.3.

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Brioche

A sweet bread perfect for french toast
Servings: 2 small loaves
Author: Helen Best-Shaw
Prep Time4 hrs
Cook Time40 mins
Total Time4 hrs 40 mins
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Ingredients

  • 400 g strong white bread flour (plus extra for dusting)
  • 5 g powdered dried yeast
  • 10 g fine sea salt
  • 90 ml warm milk
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 100 g butter (softened)
  • 4 eggs (medium free range, beaten)

Glaze

  • 1 medium free range egg
  • 2 tbsp milk

Instructions

  • to knead by hand:  mix all the ingredients in a large bowl, and bring it all together to form a dough.  Knead for about 10 mins, until smooth and shiny.
  • Or, to use a food mixer:  fit the dough hook and add all the dough ingredients to the mixer bowl.  Mix on low speed until combined, and leave to knead for about 10 mins, until smooth and shiny.
  • Shape the dough into a round, place in a bowl and cover tightly.  Leave in the fridge overnight.
  • The next day, divide the dough in two and form into the shape of your choice.  Lightly flour the loaves, lay them on a wooden board or linen cloth and cover with a plastic bag.  Leave them somewhere nice and warm to prove until almost doubled in size; this could take 3 or 4 hours, as the dough is cold.
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/gas mark 6.  For the glaze, beat the egg and milk together.  Transfer the risen loaves to a baking tray and brush all over with the glaze.  Bake for about 10 mins, then lower the oven setting to 180C/gas mark 4 and bake for a further 30 mins or until golden brown.  Cool on a wire rack.
• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
• Unless stated otherwise cup conversions have been made with an online tool. For accuracy please check with your favoured conversion tool. We recommend buying inexpensive digital kitchen scales.
Nutrition Facts
Brioche
Amount Per Serving (2 loaves)
Calories 1334 Calories from Fat 495
% Daily Value*
Fat 55g85%
Saturated Fat 30g188%
Cholesterol 522mg174%
Sodium 2482mg108%
Potassium 468mg13%
Carbohydrates 169g56%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 15g17%
Protein 37g74%
Vitamin A 1915IU38%
Calcium 171mg17%
Iron 11.2mg62%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Baked Goods, Baking
Cuisine: Baking, Bread
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I pretty much followed the recipe to the letter and kneaded by hand.  However, I wanted brioche for breakfast so I made the dough after lunch, popped it in the fridge, then shaped the loaves and left them out overnight to rise.    This worked well, but the dough was very sticky and was hard to transfer from the board to the baking tray.    Next time I shall leave them to rise on a silicon mat, then they can go straight into the oven without needing to be transferred to a baking tray.

I slightly over cooked them, I was away from home and completely forgot to adjust temperature or cooking time for the fan oven I was using.     Despite this the brioche was delicious and I will certainly make it again.    Any brioche not eaten fresh was sliced and frozen, and toasted from frozen was still delicious.

See the full round up and past challenges at the Fresh From The Oven blog.  Many thanks to Chele for hosting such a great challenge.  I am sitting in France writing this post which I think is rather fitting!

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  1. Silvia

    5 stars
    Mmmm… The last sentence made me dream, ah!
    Never mind for overcooking it, the crust looks great!

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  2. jodye @ 'scend food

    How could brioche not be delicious?! This looks wonderful, I can only imagine how great it must taste. I love how browned the crust is!

    Reply
  3. sarah

    It’s very cool that you wrote from France. :) I really enjoyed the brioche, too, and found that it made great grilled cheese (AKA croque monsieur) sandwiches. Would you try it again?

    Reply
  4. Lynn

    Helen, that looks wonderful! Hope you’re enjoying your hols.

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  5. clairetweet

    Another ‘remote’ blogger! It is the holiday season after all. I quite like the overnight ‘resting’ as it kind of fits in with how I bake. Will be making this again sometime.

    Reply
  6. Chele

    I found the dough to be really sticky too, there was no way I was going to get a plaited loaf out of my mixture!

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  7. Chele

    oops – somehow that posted before I’d finished! What I was going to say was that I think I’ll followed your lead next time, the overnight thing through my plans off a bit ;0)

    Reply
  8. Kristian

    Great post.

    Reply

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