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Best Simple Brioche Recipe

Fluffy, buttery bread perfect for French toast, Pb and Js and grilled cheese!
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Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Course Breakfast
Cuisine French
Servings 10 slices
Calories 110 kcal

Equipment

  • Stand Mixer Dough Hook Attachment
  • Kitchen Scale
  • Internal Thermometer Thermapen

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups Bread Flour 500 g
  • 1 cup Milk 250 g
  • 2 Eggs
  • ¼ cup Sugar 50 g
  • 1½ Tbsp Instant Yeast 15 g
  • 1 tsp salt 6 g
  • 1 stick salted butter 113 g (Room temp. and cubed)

Egg Wash

  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp water
  • 1 pinch salt

Instructions
 

  • Add all ingredients into your stand mixer.
  • Mix for 15- 20 min. until dough cleans the side of the bowl and appears smooth.
  • Transfer to a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise until doubled, should be about an hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 365 degree F.
  • Deflate dough and shape into two loaves.
  • Let rise a second time for 30 minutes or until almost doubled and puffy. Egg wash.
  • Bake 25- 30 minutes or until it reaches the internal temperature of 186 degrees F. It should look golden brown and feel light and hollow inside.

Notes

At our bakery we allow our dough to over night ferment. This requires us to use a quarter of the instant yeast. Our schedule is as follows...
Make dough, put in fridge for 24 hours.
Shape dough, put in fridge for 12 hours.
Let proof, then bake. 
Fermentation allows for a more complex texture and flavor profile. 
Keyword Brioche