Brioche Bread

This brioche bread recipe is so fluffy it practically melts in your mouth. Serve it warm or toasted with salted butter. You will never want to try any other brioche bread recipe after this one!

If you love brioche, then you must try our Nutella brioche braid and homemade brioche bun recipe!

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What is Brioche

Brioche is a French origin bread made with flour, yeast, and a high egg and butter content. The high butter content is what gives brioche that fluffy and tender crumb.

Ingredients for brioche: 

• warm milk (110 degrees Fahrenheit) 
• granulated sugar
• dry active yeast 
• all-purpose flour 
• salt 
• eggs 
• vanilla extract
• unsalted butter

How to Make Brioche Bread

• Add milk, sugar, and yeast into a bowl or large measuring cup. Then let the mixture sit in a warm place for about 20 minutes. In the bowl of a mixer, combine flour, salt, and yeast mixture.
• Whisk eggs and vanilla, then add them to the bowl. Also, add softened butter and combine using the hook attachment until the dough forms into a ball.
• Transfer the dough onto a floured surface and knead it. Place the brioche bread dough into a greased bowl and let it rise covered until it doubles in size, about 1 hour.
•   After the brioche dough is done rising, divide it into 6 equal pieces. Using three of those pieces create a braid and place it into a greased loaf pan. Then let it rise covered for 1 hour. Brush with egg wash and bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees F.

Brioche Bun

If you prefer not to do the braiding method, you can just roll three brioche buns and place them side by side into the loaf pan.

 Try these other delicious bread recipes

• Nutella Brioche: brioche bread with swirls of Nutella
• Poppy seed buns: Pull apart buns with sweet poppy seed filling
• Pumpkin bread: Loaded with toasted pecans and pumpkin seeds
• Brioche bun recipe: Perfect for homemade burgers!

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Brioche Bread

Prep Time

4 hrs

Cook Time

40 mins

Total Time

4 hrs 40 mins

 

This fluffy, buttery, yeast bread goes perfectly with salted butter.

Course: bread

Cuisine: French

Keyword: brioche bread, brioche bread recipe, brioche recipe, what is brioche

Servings: 32 slices (2 loaves)

Calories: 97 kcal

Author: Dina

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup warm milk 110 degrees Fahrenheit
• 1 cup granulated sugar divided
• 2 tsp dry active yeast
• 7 -7 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 6 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup unsalted butter softened

Instructions

1. In a glass bowl or large measuring cup, combine milk, 1/4 cup sugar, and yeast. Leave this mixture in a warm place for about 20 minutes. Once it becomes frothy, give it a quick stir.
2. Place the flour (start with 7 cups) and salt, and 3/4 cup sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Then pour the warm yeast mixture into the bowl.
3. Crack the eggs into a bowl and give them a quick whisk just to loosen them. Add the beaten eggs and vanilla extract to the rest of the ingredients in the mixer bowl.
4. Using the hook attachment, beat the dough until it begins to come together.
5. Cut the butter into slices and add 1/2 cup. Continue kneading the dough until the butter is well incorporated.
6. Add the remaining 1/2 cup slices butter and kneed the dough on high speed for about 10 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic. If the dough isn't coming together well enough, add the remaining 1/4 cup flour.
7. Place the dough onto a light floured surface and round it into a ball. Place it into a bowl greased with oil (lightly grease the top of the dough as well). Then cover with a cheesecloth and leave in a warm place for 1 hour or until it doubles in size.
8. Once the dough has proofed, divide it into two equal pieces. These two halves will make two loaves of bread.

9. Starting with one of the two dough halves, divide that half into three equal balls. Roll those three balls into long stands.

10. Begin crossing over the three strands in a braid like fashion. Once you get the the end, pinch the dough to seal the braid. Repeat steps 8-9 with the other dough halve. (If you don't want to do a braid, just place the 3 dough balls on the loaf pan.)
11. Spray a loaf pan with nonstick spray and place the braided dough into the pan. Cover with a cheesecloth and let it proof in a warm place for 1 hour or until it doubles in size.
12. Once the dough has proofed, brush with egg wash (1 beaten egg + 1 tsp water) . Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes until golden brown.

Nutrition Facts

Brioche Bread

Amount Per Serving (1 slice)

Calories 97 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 6g 9%

Saturated Fat 4g 20%

Cholesterol 46mg 15%

Sodium 53mg 2%

Potassium 28mg 1%

Total Carbohydrates 7g 2%

Sugars 6g

Protein 1g 2%

Vitamin A 4.7%

Calcium 1.7%

Iron 1.1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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