Rice Free Bread Machine Brioche
Rich, buttery, and impossibly tender, this brioche is the kind of bread that makes you want to slice it thick and eat it warm with absolutely nothing on top. The bread machine does the heavy lifting on kneading, which is genuinely important here — working all that butter into the dough by hand is a workout, and the machine handles it effortlessly while you go about your day. Every ingredient in this loaf is naturally free of rice and rice-derived additives, so there's no label-scanning required and no substitutions that compromise the final texture. The slow butter incorporation is the real secret: adding those softened cubes gradually during the knead cycle gives you a dough that's silky, smooth, and bakes into a crumb that's almost feather-light. That glossy egg wash finish isn't just for looks — it's what gives the loaf its deep chestnut crust that crackles just slightly when you cut into it. Let it cool the full thirty minutes before slicing if you can manage it, because the crumb is still setting and the patience absolutely pays off. Whether you're turning it into French toast, a sandwich, or just tearing off a hunk straight from the rack, this is a loaf worth making on repeat.
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12 servings
For the dough
- ¼ cup whole milk, warmed to 95–100°f (35–38°c)
- 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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