Search
by Ingredient

Classic Brioche Loaf

StarStarStarHalf starEmpty star

Your rating

Classic Brioche Loaf

This delicious brioche can be used to make lots of delicious recipes, such as bread pudding, breakfast French toast casserole... It's buttery, flakey and tasty.

 

Yield

8 servings

Prep

60 min

Cook

40 min

Ready

1⅔ hrs
Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
½ cup milk
Camera
2 teaspoons yeast, active dry
active
Camera
2 ¼ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
divided
Camera
6 tablespoons butter, unsalted
Camera
3 tablespoons sugar
Camera
½ teaspoon salt
Camera
2 large eggs
Camera

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
118 ml milk
Camera
1E+1 ml yeast, active dry
active
Camera
532 ml unbleached all-purpose flour
divided
Camera
9E+1 ml butter, unsalted
Camera
45 ml sugar
Camera
2.5 ml salt
Camera
2 large eggs
Camera

Directions

Butter a loaf pan and cut a piece of parchment or wax paper to fit the inside bottom of the pan.

Butter the paper.

About 40 to 45 minutes after placing the dough in the pan to rise, preheat the oven to 350 degrees, setting a rack in the middle level.

In a small saucepan over low heat, warm the milk until it is just warm, about 110 degrees.

Remove from heat and pour into a small bowl.

Whisk in the yeast, then stir 1 cup of the flour into the yeast and milk mixture.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature while preparing other ingredients.

It may begin to rise slightly before you add it to the other ingredients.

Cut the butter into 6 or 8 pieces and combine with sugar and salt in the work bowl of a food processor, fitted with the metal blade.

Pulse at one-second intervals until the mixture is soft and smooth, scraping the inside of the bowl several times to ensure even mixing.

Add the eggs, one at a time, and process until smooth.

If the mixture appears curdled, continue to process for about 1 minute longer, until it looks smoother.

(It may remain somewhat curdled in appearance).

Add the remaining 1¼ cups flour, then the milk-yeast-flour mixture, scraping it from the bowl with a rubber spatula.

Pulse at one-second intervals until the ingredients form a soft, smooth dough.

Then process continuously for fifteen seconds.

Remove work bowl from base and remove blade.

Scrape dough onto a generously floured work surface and fold it over on itself several times to make it more elastic.

Press the dough into a rough rectangle, about 9 by 5 inches.

Fold each side about 1 inch in toward the center and press firmly to seal.

Then starting at the top of the rectangle, fold the dough to the middle.

Fold the bottom of the dough up past the seam and pinch to seal.

Place the dough in the prepared pan, seam side down.

Press the top of the dough firmly with the palm of your hand to flatten it and fill the pan evenly.

Cover with a piece of buttered plastic wrap or a towel and allow to rise until it is about one inch above the rim of the pan.

Using the corner of a razor blade or the tip of a sharp knife held at a 30 degree angle to the top of the loaf, cut a slash down the middle of the top beginning and ending about one inch from the ends of the loaf.

Bake the loaf for about 40 minutes, until it is well risen and a deep golden color.

Place the pan on a rack to cool 5 minutes.

Then invert the loaf to the rack and turn it on its side to cool Variation: Cinnamon Raisin Brioche Loaf: sprinkle dough with cinnamon and about ½ cup raisins, then roll up and place in pan.



* not incl. in nutrient facts Arrow up button

Comments


 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 79g (2.8 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 24938% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 10g 16%
Saturated Fat 6g 30%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 77mg 26%
Sodium 173mg 7%
Total Carbohydrate 11g 11%
Dietary Fiber 1g 5%
Sugars g
Protein 12g
Vitamin A 7% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 3% Iron 11%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 
More health news

Email this recipe