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Brioche recipe - fluffy French brioche

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Brioche recipe - fluffy French brioche with butter, quick and easy brioche recipe for traditional, soft, fluffy French brioche. White bread for breakfast, sweet Brioche bread like in France. Sweet bread
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Our quick and easy brioche recipe for traditional, soft, fluffy French brioche. The popular white bread that tastes irresistible both for breakfast and with coffee. Simple sweet Brioche like in France.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Waiting Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Baking time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes
Course Breads & Brioches, Breakfast
Cuisine French
Servings 30 slices
Calories 86 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 stand mixer
  • 1 dough scraper
  • 1 loaf pan
  • 1 wire rack

Ingredients
 
 

  • 380 g all-purpose flour
  • 160 ml whole milk 3,5% lukewarm
  • 80 g spreadable butter warm, alternatively margarine
  • 7 g instant yeast
  • 80 g sugar
  • 8 g vanilla sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 egg
  • 11 g oil (neutral, e.g. sunflower oil)

Recipe-Instruction
 

  • Heat the whole milk in a bowl/pot to approx. 30 °C and dissolve the yeast in it.
    160 ml (⅗ cups) whole milk 3,5%
    7 g (1 tbsp) instant yeast
  • Place the soft butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, egg and oil in the stand mixer and mix.
    80 g (2 tbsp) spreadable butter
    80 g (6 tbsp) sugar
    8 g (2 tsp) vanilla sugar
    1 pinch salt
    1 egg
    11 g (1 tbsp) oil (neutral, e.g. sunflower oil)
  • Add the whole milk and yeast mixture and the flour and mix for approx. 3 minutes - first slowly, then at high speed. Start 3 minutes timer here
    380 g (3 cups) all-purpose flour
  • Cover the yeast dough and leave to rest in a warm place for approx. 50 minutes. Start 50 minutes timer here
  • Place the dough on the work surface and form 3-8 balls, coat with butter and place in a greased loaf tin.
  • Cover the loaf tin and leave to rise again in a warm place for approx. 30 minutes. Start 30 minutes timer here
  • Place the brioche in the oven preheated to 200 °C and bake for 30 minutes. Start 30 minutes timer here
  • Brush the finished bread with a mixture of butter and milk while still hot and leave to cool on a wire rack.
    Brioche recipe - fluffy French brioche with butter, quick and easy brioche recipe for traditional, soft, fluffy French brioche. White bread for breakfast, sweet Brioche bread like in France. Sweet bread

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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Brioche recipe - fluffy French brioche
Amount Per Serving
Calories 86 Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Fat 3g5%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 12mg4%
Sodium 23mg1%
Potassium 27mg1%
Carbohydrates 13g4%
Fiber 0.4g2%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 83IU2%
Vitamin C 0.001mg0%
Calcium 10mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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