Brioche Buns - recipe with photo

Brioche Buns

This is probably the fluffiest and airiest yeast dough pastry of all my recipes. For the perfect result, use high-quality ingredients and strictly follow the technique. I recommend preparing this dish for your loved ones. This amount of ingredients makes 7-10 pieces.

Total cooking time
not set
Number of servings
7
Recipe difficulty
4 / 5

Ingredients

for 7 servings

  • butter 170 g
  • milk 50 ml
  • dry yeast 7 g
  • sugar 50 g
  • eggs 3
  • salt 5 g
  • flour 350-400 g
  • egg for brushing

Instructions

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Add sugar and salt to the milk (room temperature).

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Add flour.

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Add yeast.

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Mix.

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Add one egg.

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Mix.

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Add the second egg.

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Mix.

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Add the third egg.

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Knead for 10 minutes

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Add a small piece of butter.

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Mix.

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Add another piece of butter. Mix.

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In this way, add all the butter. Knead for 3 minutes.

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Transfer the dough to a bowl.

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Leave it to rise.

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Punch down the dough. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 7–8 hours (or overnight).

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Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Let it rise.

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Beat an egg.

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Divide the mixture into 7–10 parts.

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Separate a third of the dough (as shown in the photo).

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Form a hole in the larger part.

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Place the smaller ball into the hole.

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Place them into baking tins (mine are 10 cm in diameter at the top and 5 cm high).

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Let them rise.

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Brush with egg. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 20–25 minutes.