Brioche bread

Step 1

Mix the flour, salt, sugar and yeast by hand.

Step 2

Add the eggs and milk and use a stand mixer to create a smooth dough (or knead by hand). The dough should be moist, but shouldn't stick to the sides of the bowl anymore.

Step 3

Once a good dough has formed, add the butter (best at room temperature and cut in small pieces) to the dough. Leave the stand mixer to mix in the butter, this will take several minutes.

Step 4

The dough will become very sticky at this point.

Step 5

Cover the dough with plastic or a lid and leave to rise for at least 1-1,5h, but feel free to leave it for 3-4 hours. It will not increase in volume that much

Step 6

Once proved, knead it through again and shape it into the shape your prefer. I used a cake tin.

Step 7

Leave to rise for at least another half an hour.

Step 8

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 210C for 55 min. The brioche will brown very quickly, so you might want to cover the brioche after approx. 15 min with aluminium foil. It's best not to do this at the start since the bread will still expand quite a bit.