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Quick Brioche

Source of Recipe


Cook's Illustrated



List of Ingredients



• 1 envelope active dry yeast (about 2½ tsp)
  
• ½ cup whole milk, warm (about 110° F)
  
• 2¼ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  
• 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces
  
• 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
  
• ½ tsp table salt
  
• 2 large eggs
  






Instructions



1. In small bowl, whisk yeast into milk, then stir in 1 cup of flour. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside.
   
   
2. Put butter, sugar, and salt in workbowl of food processor fitted with metal blade. Pulse at one-second intervals, scraping sides of bowl several times, until mixture is soft and smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, and process after each addition until fully incorporated (even though mixture may look curdled). Add remaining 1¼ cups flour and yeast/flour mixture from step 1, scraping sides of workbowl with rubber spatula. Pulse at one-second intervals for form soft, smooth dough. Then process continuously for 15 seconds.
   
   
3. Turn dough (sticky at this point) out onto generously floured work surface and knead until smooth and elastic.
   
   
4. Grease an 8½ x 4½ x 2½-inch loaf pan; line the bottom with parchment or waxed paper, then grease the paper. Press dough into a 9- x 5-inch rectangle, with the short end facing you. Fold each long side about 1 inch toward the center; press firmly to seal. Fold the top half of the dough toward the center. Fold the bottom half of the dough up past the seam; pinch seam to seal. Place dough in the pan, seam-side down. Flatten the dough top with your palm so it fills the pan evenly. Cover the pan with greased plastic wrap; let the dough rise about 1 inch above the pan rim. Adjust oven rack to center position and heat the oven to 350° while the dough is rising.
   
   
5. Using a razor blade or sharp knife, slash the dough down the center, leaving about 1 inch unslashed at either end. Bake until golden brown, about 40 minutes. Transfer pan to wire rack; let cool 5 minutes. Turn the loaf out of the pan onto rack; let it cool to room temperature on its side.
   
   Makes 1 loaf.