Brioche in the bread machine…..

So, this week I decided to try to make a sweet bread.  I had never had brioche before, so I had nothing to compare the recipe to.  I found a recipe on Allrecipes.com…which is a site I love for recipes.    There were some suggestions for tweaking the recipe a bit…..so I gave it a try!  The recipe took a lot of eggs!!  But it made a huge loaf of bread!  While it was cooking, it tasted so delicious!  We were all excited to give it a try while it was still warm out of the oven!

And we weren’t disappointed..it was delicious…warm with a little bit of butter!  The next day Christopher made french toast with it….it was incredibly absorbent..and required a lot more eggs…but delicious and filling!  River ate it the rest of the week for breakfast.  Overall, I loved this recipe and will definitely make it again!

French Brioche

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 egg yolks
  • ¾ cups butter, softened
  • ¾  teaspoon salt
  • 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Optional:

  • 1 egg white
  • 2 tablespoons water

Directions

  1. Place the first seven ingredients in bread machine in order suggested by your manufacturer. Select sweet bread, dough cycle.
  2. Turn finished dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead 5 to 10 times. Separate into 2 or 3 pieces. Roll with hands into strips. Braid or twist strips together. Place onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Set aside to rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
  3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  4. Optional:  Whisk together 1 egg white and the water. Brush onto the top of the loaf.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until deep golden brown, about 20 minutes.

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