Spice Free Brioche Loaf

Total time11 hr 15 min

Prep time40 min

Cook time35 min

4.7

(14)

Rich, golden, and impossibly tender, this brioche is the kind of bread that makes you want to clear your whole Saturday afternoon just to bake it. The ingredient list is beautifully short — flour, eggs, butter, milk, sugar, salt, and yeast — which means there's nothing hidden in here that could cause a reaction for anyone avoiding spices or seasonings beyond basic salt. That simplicity is actually what makes brioche so special: the flavor comes entirely from the slow fermentation and the generous amount of butter worked into the dough over time. The overnight cold retard in the refrigerator does a lot of the heavy lifting, firming up the dough and deepening its flavor without any added aromatics or seasoning blends. When it comes out of the oven with that deep chestnut crust and pillowy, pull-apart crumb, it's genuinely hard to believe something this luxurious has so few components. Slice it thick for French toast, serve it alongside soup, or just eat it warm with a little extra butter — it holds up beautifully in every role.

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Ingredients

10 servings

For the dough

¼ cup whole milk, warmed to 110°f (43°c)
2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast (1 standard packet)
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tsp fine salt
4 large eggs, at room temperature
14 tbsp (1 ¾ sticks) unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes, softened

For the egg wash

1 large egg yolk
1 tbsp whole milk

Instructions

1
Combine the warmed milk and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer and let stand for 5 minutes, until foamy and fragrant.
2
Add the flour, sugar, salt, and 4 eggs to the yeast mixture. Fit the mixer with the dough hook and mix on low speed for 2 minutes, until the ingredients are just combined into a shaggy mass, then increase to medium speed and knead for 8 minutes, until the dough is smooth, elastic, and pulls cleanly away from the sides of the bowl.

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