Brioche Dough

Brioche is a type of bread dough, leavened with yeast and made rich with the addition of eggs and butter. The dough is beaten with a dough hook until it becomes very elastic and shiny and can be used to encase savoury or sweet filings. Because of its elasticity, this pastry can withstand fillings that are quite wet but not too sloppy. The quantity given here will yield one brioche loaf baked in a regular-sized bread tin (ideal for breakfast) or will be enough to make any of the brioche reci