Red Meat Allergy Friendly Bread Machine Brioche

Total time3 hr 55 min

Prep time25 min

Cook time30 min

Red Meat Allergy Friendly Bread Machine Brioche

Rich, pillowy, and golden-brown with a glossy crust, this brioche is the kind of bread that makes any occasion feel a little more special. The entire dough — including that luxurious butter incorporation — is handled by your bread machine, so you get bakery-quality results without standing at a mixer for half an hour. Every ingredient here is straightforward: milk, eggs, flour, sugar, salt, butter, and yeast. There's no red meat, no meat-based fats, no hidden animal stocks or gelatin — just pure, classic enriched dough that happens to be completely safe for anyone managing a red meat allergy. The slow butter addition during the knead cycle is the real secret, giving the crumb that signature tender, feathery pull that makes brioche so irresistible. A final egg wash before baking delivers that deep chestnut color and subtle sheen that looks stunning on the table. Let it cool just long enough to slice cleanly, then enjoy it plain, toasted, or as the base for the most indulgent French toast of your life.

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Ingredients

12 servings

For the dough

¼ cup whole milk, warmed to 95–100°f (35–38°c)
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3 large eggs, room temperature
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp fine sea salt
3 cups bread flour
2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast (1 standard packet)
10 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes, softened

For the egg wash

1 egg yolk
1 tbsp whole milk

Instructions

1
Add the ingredients to the bread machine pan in the order your machine's manual specifies (typically liquids first, then dry ingredients, with yeast last and kept away from the salt). Add the warmed milk, then the 3 eggs, sugar, and salt. Add the bread flour on top, then make a small well in the center of the flour and add the yeast.
2
Select the Dough cycle on your bread machine and start it. Once the machine has been kneading for about 5 minutes and a shaggy dough has formed, begin adding the softened butter cubes a few at a time through the lid opening, waiting about 30 seconds between additions. The dough will look rough and greasy at first — continue until all the butter is incorporated and the dough is smooth, supple, and pulls away cleanly from the sides of the pan, about 10–12 minutes into the knead cycle.

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