Simple brioche from scratch
By: Aumeerally sabaah
Published: Sunday, February 7, 2016 - 2:18am

Ingredients




250g all purpose flour
5.5g or 1 1/4 tsp instant dry yeast
3 tbsp of milk powder
50g  melted butter
5 tbsp sugar
pinch of salt
1 egg
vanilla essence
1 egg yolk for glazing
1/4 cup lukewarm water

Preparation

1 Grease a 10inches non stick loaf pan with butter. 2 Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm water sprinkle some sugar. Let it sit for 3mins, allowing the yeast to activate 3 In a bowl sift in flour with pinch of salt and milk powder then add sugar 4 Make a well in the center add in melted butter, vanilla essence, egg, and the yeast mix until everything is combined. If the mixture is not coming together add a little more warm water. 5 Take the dough out of the bowl put it on your counter surface and knead until very soft, this should take around 10mins. 6 Put the dough back into the bowl and brush the top with some melted butter cover it and let it rise for around 1hr in a warm place. 7 After 1hr take the dough back on the counter and knead it for around 2mins 8 shape 3 equal balls 9 line the balls in the greased pan. Cover it and let it rise for another 30-45mins 10 Preheat the oven to 180C (350F). 11 Beat egg yolk and brush the brioche. Sprinkle sugar on top and bake for about 20 -25 minutes or until golden brown.