Brioche

Name: Brioche
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: for the sponge; 1/3 cup warm milk; 2.25 tsp active dry yeast; 1 large egg at room temperature; 2 cups all purpose flour; for the dough; 1/3 cup sugar; 1 tsp salt; 4 large eggs; 1.5 cups all purpose flour; 3/4 cups butter; Butter for greasing

Achieng Mmbwanga @cook_12537476

This is an amazingly rich, buttery, milky and airy textured bread, you want to keep eating and eating and eating 😊😋😋😋

Achieng Mmbwanga @cook_12537476

This is an amazingly rich, buttery, milky and airy textured bread, you want to keep eating and eating and eating 😊😋😋😋

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Ingredients

for the sponge
1/3 cupwarm milk
2.25 tspactive dry yeast
1large egg at room temperature
2 cupsall purpose flour
for the dough
1/3 cupsugar
1 tspsalt
4large eggs
1.5 cupsall purpose flour
3/4 cupsbutter
Butter for greasing

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Steps

1

SPONGE: place the milk,yeast,egg and 1 cup flour in a large bowl, mix with a spatula, it will be sticky.
2

Sprinkle the remaining cup of flour on top, covering the sponge completely and let it rest in a warm place for 30 minutes.
3

After 30 minutes, check that there are cracks in the flour, meaning the yeast is alive and active.
4

Add the sugar, salt, eggs and 1 cup of flour to the sponge. Begin kneading slowly adding the remaining flour.
5

Knead the dough for about 10 minutes, if the dough feels too loose add a little more flour to make it firm. Keep kneading for some 5 to 10 more minutes.
6

Add the butter in pats until all is used,knead for a further 10 minutes. It will be sticky.
7

Cover with a plastic wrap and let it rise at room temperature 2 hours, until double in size.
8

Use a spatula to gently turn it upside and back to its original volume. We are redistributing the yeast,don't bash down too much.
9

Cover the bowl again and let it rise in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours.
10

Divide the dough into 3, each piece into 6, gently roll into ball.
11

Arrange the balls into a pan. I used 1 pan. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 2 hours.
12

Pre heat oven to 180°c and bake for about 30 minutes. If it's browning too quickly cover with aluminium foil.
13

You can brush with milk or eggs to give it gloss and shine.