flaky #honey #brioche #bread

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Published September 22, 2019
flaky #honey #brioche #bread
The BEST Flaky Honey Brioche Bread…for your weekend baking. This light, buttery, tremendous soft, and eggy brioche bread is swirled with tips of candy honey, and makes for probably one of the foremost delicious, additional fancy partner for your morning coffee. This bread is vast on its own, toasted with butter and topped with cinnamon sugar (so  good). Or use it to make your favourite french toast – the concepts are endless. The proper option to jump your day!



INGREDIENTS
  • 2/3 cup warm entire milk
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons immediate yeast
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 5 eggs - four utilized in dough, plus 1 egg overwhelmed for brushing
  • 3 1/2 - four cups all-purpose flour, plus additional for rolling
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) salted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) chilly salted butter, sliced into thin pieces
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the milk, yeast, honey, four eggs, flour, and salt. Using the dough hook, blend till the flour is fully incorporated, about 4-5 minutes. Add four tablespoons room temp butter and blend till combined, about 2-3 minutes more.

2. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour or till doubled in size.

3. Punch the dough down and roll out onto a calmly floured surface, creating a big rectangle that’s about 12x18 inches. Lay the skinny slices of chilly butter on one half of the dough, urgent gently to adhere.

4. Fold the various half of the dough over butter, masking it completely. Roll the dough out right into a big rectangle, roughly 12x18 inches. Fold 1/3 of the dough into the center, then fold the various 1/3 over the upper of the primary layer so you've got three dough layers (like an envelope). Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and move to the freezer for 15-20 minutes till chilled. Alternately, you'll be able to relax the dough within the fridge for 1 hour or overnight.

5. Meanwhile, butter NULL (9x5 inch) bread pans.

6. Remove the dough from the freezer. Roll the (envelope shaped) dough right into a rectangle (about 12x18 inches). Starting with the sting of dough closest to you, roll the dough right into a log, protecting it tight as you go. When you attain the edge, pinch alongside the rims to seal.

7. Cut the dough in half and area seam part down in ready pans. Cover and let rise 45 minutes to one hour.

8. Preheat the oven to 350 levels F. Place the bread pans on a rimmed baking sheet and brush with the overwhelmed egg. Transfer to the oven and bake 30-35 minutes or till darkish brown on top. Let cool within the pans for 5 minutes, then flip out onto a cooling rack. Slice and serve warm or cold.  

I don’t understand why, but I virtually by no means share recipes like this. For some motive I actually experience like I all of the time ought to share loopy various and distinctive recipes. I overlook that actually nice “basics” are simply as important! I made this brioche a couple of weekends back. Mostly simply due to the fact I actually needed a nice bread to make use of in my favourite baked blackberry french toast. Up the position we reside within the mountains, nice bread could be especially tough to come by. Most of the time I can discover a nice Challah bread, however the final few weeks the bread pickings have been slim.

My guess is that every one of the snow over the previous month has actually set the shops back. For one, with the street being closed on and off, vehicles have had a tough time getting up right the following to make deliveries. Two, attributable to all of the snow, the metropolis has been packed to the brim with skiers. Leaving the grocery shops quite a lot wiped blank daily.


first fold (in half with butter inside)

Flaky Honey Brioche Bread dough earlier than rolling
second fold (into an envelope)

rolled right into a log (like a cinnamon roll)

Flaky Honey Brioche Bread dough
(log cut in half to create 2 loaves)

Long tale short, I couldn’t discover nice bread, so I made my very own Brioche! And I am now sharing it with you guys. Because, oh my gosh, it’s maybe one in every of the very BEST breads I’ve ever made.

Yes, my selfmade naan is wonderful and can all of the time be a favourite (always). But it’s a flatbread, so very different. And the beer bread within the cookbook? Totally nonetheless a favorite, but back it’s simply very different, and nothing like a tender Brioche.

This bread is a recreation changer.

Flaky Honey Brioche Bread in bread pan earlier than baking
Flaky Honey Brioche Bread in bread pan
When I set out to make this, I was in no method planning to share the recipe. But as I was making the dough and swirling within the honey, it hit me which you simply guys may actually get pleasure from the this recipe. I mean, everybody loves bread, right? And all of us desire to bake over the weekend, right?

Yes, we do!

Plus, the pale in my kitchen and the colours of this bread have been simply too pretty. I needed to picture it and I needed to share. Because it’s only a dang nice recipe and it actually is all of the time most important!

Flaky Honey Brioche Bread loaves stack on upper of every other
Ok, so the details.

If you’re afraid of bread making, please don't be. It’s fundamental (and made simpler for those who have a stand mixer…hint, hint, make investments for those who love to bake). To sum it up, to the mixer you’ll upload milk, yeast, honey, eggs, flour, salt, and butter…that’s the dough. Six very fundamental pantry staple foods which could be actually fundamental to throw together.

Mix the dough, then permit about an hour for the dough to rise. Then it’s time to roll it out and layer with very chilly butter (see photos!). The layers of additional chilly butter are what make this a “flaky” brioche, rather of a additional typical brioche. It’s type of like a move among brioche and a croissant, DELICIOUS.

The key's to roll the dough out twice. I understand it may appear like over-kill, but this may increasingly distribute the chilly butter during the dough, creating buttery, flakiness with every one single bite. Again, so DELICIOUS…and I promise it’s now not tough and even that point consuming.

My various trick? Quickly chilling the dough within the freezer! Saves so a lot time!

Flaky Honey Brioche Bread slice
After you roll the dough, divide it into NULL loaf pans, and let rise. Then brush the dough with a overwhelmed egg to get an additional smooth upper that appears to be like relatively after baking.

As the dough bakes, the odor of freshly baked bread will waft during your house. Truly the proper scent to welcome within the primary weekend of spring. I extremely suggest having fun with a slice or NULL warm, recent out of the oven. Just upload just a bit butter and honey. I also extremely suggest serving this as morning toast, or for Sunday brunch.

This is truthfully the greatest while toasted with butter and unfold with a candy berry jam…or no, wait, with butter and cinnamon sugar. Yes, that’s my private favourite (should I share my recipe for cinnamon toast???).

Another vast factor about this recipe? It makes NULL loaves!! You can freeze the moment loaf, or do as I do, and bake up my favourite spring brunch recipe, blackberry ricotta french toast. It’s all of the time a crowd favorite.

You see? Endless concepts with this bread. Meaning, bake it soon, simply due to the fact it’s proper for all of your springtime brunching and snacking needs!

Ohhh, and I simply concept of this too…PB&J sandwiches? Maybe toasted? Yes, I must do this. See, infinite options. Enjoy!

Flaky Honey Brioche Bread stack one on upper of every various and cut in half
If you make this flaky honey brioche bread, be certain to depart a remark and/or supply this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to pay attention from you guys and all of the time do my greatest to reply to every and each one comment. And of course, for those who do make this recipe, don’t overlook to also tag me on Instagram! Looking by way of the pictures of recipes you all have made is my favorite!

This light, buttery, tremendous soft, and eggy brioche bread is swirled with tips of candy honey. Great on its own, toasted with butter and topped with cinnamon sugar (so  good), or use it to make your favourite french toast...the concepts are endless!

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