Brioche
Ingredients:
3.5 cups of strong bread flour.
1/4 - 1/2 cup plain flour.
1 1/2 tsp salt
50g unsalted butter.
3 eggs
2 tsp dried active yeast
2 tbs caster sugar
3 tbs warm milk
Method:
Combine bread flour, salt and butter in a food processor. Blitz until combined. If you don't
have a food processor, combine with your fingers as you would making pastry.
Combine 1 cup of warm water, the warm milk, yeast and sugar in a bowl. Leave in a warm
place for 5 minutes, until foamy, or ten if you get distracted by something else like I did.
Combine the flour mixture with the yeast, and add two beaten eggs. Mix to combine until you
have a sticky dough.
Add 1/4 cup of plain flour to reach a manageable dough, more so if required. Knead for 8-10
minutes.
Place into a greased bowl, and allow to double in size. I left mine for 2 hours.
Separate the dough into equal balls (mine made 6 X 130g balls). Place onto a baking sheet
lined with baking paper. Cover with a clean tea towel and allow to rise again, I left mine for
1.5 hours.
Pre-heat oven to 200C.
Brush the risen buns with the remaining beaten egg.
Place a shallow tray filled with water in the base of oven. Place buns into the oven and bake
until golden, approximately 15 minutes. Mine were in for just over!
I apologise for any formatting issues!
Original recipe idea: http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012612-light-brioche-buns