Home Made Classic French Brioche

It just heavenly to have fluffy, sweet & buttery fresh home made bread.

A part of this recipe is bread & the other part is pastry enriched with butter, fresh eggs & milk.. French brioche is one of the best in making bread pudding or French toast.

Foodexpert, Aliaa Hassan, shared with "SEE kitchen" a delicious brioche.

Ingredients

. 700 g of bread flour

. 250 g or butter at room temperature

. 6 large fresh eggs at room temperature & 1 more for brushing the dough..

. 20 g of dry yeast

. 6 tpsb of water

. 2 tpsb of sugar

. 1/2 tsp of salt

Directions

In a large measuring cup, combine the water, sugar and yeast together & let it to rise for a bout 5-10 minutes.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, mix together the flour, salt, eggs& add the yeast mixture, mix on medium low speed.

The dough should slowly come together.

Add the butter, one Tablespoon at a time, until the dough is smooth and free of lumps.

Shape the dough into a ball and transfer it to a greased bowl.

Cover and allow it to rise for about 1 hour or until doubled in size. "i would prefer to keep the dough for a whole night in the fridge" .

Divide the dough into 3 equal parts (if the dough is way too sticky to handle at this point, place it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Then take it out and move on to the next step). Take each dough ball and roll it into a long rope. Braid the 3 ropes together and close the edges...

You can easily shape your dough in to a small braids, burgers buns or toast loaf

Place the braided loaf into a greased loaf pan. Cover and allow it to rise once more for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees c. Brush the top of the loaf with a beaten egg and bake in your preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown. Top with pearl sugar if desired.

Allow the bread to cool before serving.