Brioche Loaves

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    two

    medium loaves
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Pastry Perfection

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2014

  • About

The lighter and richer Brioche Mousseline dough is perfect for these. They can be baked in a standard loaf tin or in the same type of round tin used for cake layers. You can also make a single loaf and use the rest of the dough for one of the individual roll variations.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Divide the fully risen dough in half, making two 450g pieces. Divide each half into 5 pieces and round them all.
  2. Stretching the dough balls slightly, place 5 pieces of dough in a line in each pan. Don’t worry if the pans aren’t full - they will be once the loaves have proved.
  3. Cover with a lightweight tea towel and let rise until doubled and filling th