A light and airy recipe for a quick and easy brioche recipe for soft, fluffy French brioche. French bread is absolutely on trend when it comes to soft bread with or without a crispy crust. This time we’re not talking about delicious baguette bread, but soft and moist brioche bread from France, the brioche. Today we will show you how to bake this delicious brioche bread quickly and easily yourself.
In this day and age, when people are looking for high-quality, artisan foods, French bread, including brioche, is experiencing a renaissance. It is not just a simple food, but a symbol of pleasure and tradition – a link to a time when baking bread was still an art.
Soft brioche recipe – buttered brioche
Brioche with butter is always particularly deliciously buttery and full of flavor. Even in the past, there were always two versions in the bakery, brioche with butter or brioche with margarine. Brioche with butter was always simply softer and even tastier.
However, buttered brioche quickly has a few more calories than normal brioche. Perhaps it’s better not to eat brioche at all if you’re worried about it. Today, as in the past, enjoyment comes first when it comes to brioche and the best brioche recipe.
The origins of brioche go back to 15th century France. The name “brioche” possibly comes from the Old French word “brier”, which means “to knead”. This connection to kneading suggests that brioche bread has always been important in the development of French baking.
Originally, brioche was a luxury item that was often served at royal banquets and festive occasions. Its rich dough, enriched with eggs and butter, made it a symbol of wealth and indulgence. Over time, however, brioche also found its way into everyday cooking and became a popular breakfast bread as brioche bread.
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Brioche is known for its airy crumb and buttery taste, which is created by adding fine flour, fresh eggs and creamy butter. This gives the bread a delicate sweetness and a rich, creamy note that is simply incomparably delicious.
We love our simple sweet brioche, but brioche is another level of sweet soft bread. You can literally squeeze it and it returns to its shape afterwards without being squished. I always found soft bread a bit scary and artificial until I baked it myself.
Today it’s almost routine for us to make a delicious homemade brioche recipe. As the name suggests, it’s all about perfect kneading and you get that by forming balls. Of course, you can also bake the bread as brioche bread without forming balls. However, kneading the bread into balls makes it particularly soft. The double resting time is also important for the bread.
Nevertheless, you can bake a really tasty brioche recipe yourself with just a few simple steps and hardly any special ingredients. The recipe also works well with margarine instead of butter, although this changes the structure and flavor slightly.
Brioche recipe – fluffy French brioche
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 butter80 g (6 tbsp) sugar8 g (2 tsp) vanilla sugar1 pinch salt1 egg11 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 here380 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.
Nutrition
Our brioche recipe is one of our favorite recipes that we bake again and again. It’s quick to make and always delicious. It’s also the perfect base for French toast, but I’ll tell you more about that in a separate recipe in the future.
I look forward to introducing you to many more of these particularly delicious sweet Sunday breads and brioches, because there are so many special recipes and I’ve always loved sweet bread myself. Preferably with chocolate cream, jam, cheese or boiled eggs…
Do you have any special memories of French bread and soft brioche?
2 Responses
Great recipe – very fluffy and delicious. My family loved it!
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