The Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge: No 4. Brioche
Each week I will be making a bread recipe from Peter Reinhart’s wonderful book, The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread. The fourth recipe in the Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge was Brioche.
Brioche is a rich & sweet French bread with a flaky texture, almost like a croissant. The richness comes from the butter used in the recipe. I chose to do the Rich Man's Brioche and it called for 2 cups of butter. That's right, 2 cups of butter! I knew it was going to good.
This bread is a little tricky to make. My first attempt making brioche fell flat. Literally, flat. The brioche only rose a little in the loaf pans and it didn't rise at all in the oven. It tasted OK but I was so disappointed with how it looked. I couldn't face trying to make it again for a few days. I asked for advice from the other BBA participants and one recommended that I let my butter stand at room temperature overnight. I tried that and it seemed to do the trick. My Brioche loaves came out perfect. It looked great, tasted amazing and just melted in my mouth. I can't wait to make it again.
Be sure to check out what the other challenge participants have done.
Next bread: Casatiello!
Each week I will be making a bread recipe from Peter Reinhart’s wonderful book, The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread. The fourth recipe in the Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge was Brioche.
Brioche is a rich & sweet French bread with a flaky texture, almost like a croissant. The richness comes from the butter used in the recipe. I chose to do the Rich Man's Brioche and it called for 2 cups of butter. That's right, 2 cups of butter! I knew it was going to good.This bread is a little tricky to make. My first attempt making brioche fell flat. Literally, flat. The brioche only rose a little in the loaf pans and it didn't rise at all in the oven. It tasted OK but I was so disappointed with how it looked. I couldn't face trying to make it again for a few days. I asked for advice from the other BBA participants and one recommended that I let my butter stand at room temperature overnight. I tried that and it seemed to do the trick. My Brioche loaves came out perfect. It looked great, tasted amazing and just melted in my mouth. I can't wait to make it again.
Be sure to check out what the other challenge participants have done.
Next bread: Casatiello!
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27 comments:
Smooth and beautiful! a perfect brioche!
cheers,
Rosa
That does look really good! Good for you for giving it another shot. Love the colour.
Very nice crust and crumb. This is as open a crumb as I've seen on brioche. Great job!
WOW! Very nice! Now I want french toast for breakfast or maybe some bread pudding. :)
This looks delicious-great crumb and so nicely brown! Yum.
Oh, I have had that problem with the butter too.
A gorgeous brioche! So lovely....
Two... cups? As in a pound of butter?
Oh, that sounds absolutely heavenly!
How beautiful ! & what an awesome texture. the picture speaks for itself.
You're right. They did come out perfect. How I wish I was a baker.
Sam
These came out just perfectly! They look almost too gorgeous to eat!
They look perfect! Love your dedication...Happy Baking!!
Nice job, it looks perfect! Brioche is just so good.
I have made this bread, and I love it!!
That is most definitely a perfect brioche! Congrats! Go ahead and brag!
The kind of bread loved by orphans and Kings alike.
Fantastic job on the brioche!
I haven't made this yet, but can't wait to get to it now! Yours looks great!
Yeah for success at round two! I could be bitter because I did the whole room temp butter thing and still had flat bread but I won't be. Why because I have nothing but love!
If it did not involve more cardio time I would try this bread again.
Good luck on the casa!
I went the poor man route because my scale demanded that I do so!
Beautiful brioche!
your brioche is gorgeous and the crumb is perfect!
D-Girl, that 1st pic of the Brioche is dreamy - you did it!
You're a full-on BBB...Bread Baking Bonita.
If only I had some brioche right now, with little bits of chocolate strewn in. Gorgeous color and texture!
What a great looking brioche. This does sound delicious with all those lovely, colorful ingredients. Your picture med me hungry. Now i cant wait to do this. I'm sure it'll be a big hit with the kids. This is a perfect brioche. thank you for sharing your post.
I love all of your different bread entries! Your blog is great too!
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