Brioche Loaf

Photo: Jenny Richards

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds Loaf:

1 3/4 teaspoons yeast

1 3/4 cups Bread Flour + 2 T

3 tablespoons sugar

3/4 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 egg yolk

1/4 cup Water + 2T

8 tablespoons unsalted butter

Preparation

Makes 1 1/2 lb loaf.

Follow manufactures instructions for basic bread cycle BUT: cut butter into tbs size pieces and begin adding butter 1 tbs each minute 10 minutes before the end of the kneading cycle.This is done because of the large porportion of butter needs to be adequately absorbed. Produces a light, rich.,sweet loaf .Note: as with any bread machine recipe, you may have to slightly adjust the flour and or water to get the right bread machine consistency.