Brioche is a delicious golden bread that’s enriched with butter and eggs. It’s absolutely delicious fresh out of the oven, toasted, or made into French toast or bread and butter pudding.
Grease and line a bread loaf tin. Combine the flour, sugar, yeast, salt, buttermilk & eggs in a bowl until it comes together into a ball. Knead for 8 mins, then add the butter and knead for another 8 mins or until well combined. This is a sticky dough, so a mixer is helpful! Place into a clean, lightly oiled bowl, and allow to rise for 1 hr or until doubled in size.
Next, shape your dough. Cut the dough into 6 equal portions, then roll into balls and add them to a lined loaf tin. This will give you a lovely top that resembles pull-apart bread, rather than a loaf with a flat top. Cover and leave the dough to rise for 30 mins – 1 hr or until doubled in size. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 200ºC (180ºC fan).
Once risen, brush the top with egg & bake for 12-20 mins or until golden brown on top.
