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The first recorded use of the word in French dates from 1404. It is attested in 1611 in Cotgrave’s A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, where it is described as “a rowle, or bunne, of spiced bread” and its origin given as Norman. A similar type of bread, called tsoureki, is also traditionally baked in Greece for the Easter weekend.
Brioche is a pastry of French origin that is similar to a highly enriched bread, and whose high egg and butter content give it a rich and tender crumb. It is “light and slightly puffy, more or less fine, according to the proportion of butter and eggs.” It has a dark, golden, and flaky crust, frequently accentuated by an egg wash applied after proofing.
Brioche is considered a Viennoiserie, in that it is made in the same basic way as bread, but has the richer aspect of a pastry because of the extra addition of eggs, butter, liquid (milk, water, cream, and, sometimes, brandy) and occasionally a bit of sugar.
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Brioches
Ingredients
Brioche dough
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1 package yeast
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup milk scalded
- 3 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 1/4 cup flour
Glaze
- 1 egg white
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- Make this recipe the night before, cover well, and place in refrigerator
- Mix butter and salt in small mixer bowl
- In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in the warm water
- Add other ingredients
- Allow to rise for 2 hours before baking
- Add glaze
- Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes