MSG Free Buttery Brioche
Rich, pillowy, and impossibly tender, this brioche is the kind of bread that makes you want to clear your whole afternoon just to bake it. The ingredient list is refreshingly short and clean — flour, butter, milk, yeast, sugar, salt, and a flax egg — so there's no guesswork about hidden additives or flavor enhancers sneaking into your loaf. That flax egg does quiet but important work here, binding the dough without any processed shortcuts, and the generous amount of room-temperature butter gets kneaded in gradually to create that signature soft, feathery crumb brioche is famous for. Store-bought enriched breads can be a minefield of unnecessary additives, which makes pulling a golden, fragrant loaf like this out of your own oven feel especially satisfying. The two-stage rise gives the dough time to develop real depth of flavor, so every slice tastes like something from a proper bakery. A simple milk wash before baking gives the top that deep, burnished color that's almost too pretty to cut into — almost.
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10 servings
For the flax egg
- 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 6 tbsp warm water (about 110°f / 43°c)
For the dough
- 2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast (1 standard packet)
- ¼ cup warm whole milk (about 110°f / 43°c)
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar, divided
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1 tsp fine salt
- 10 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes, at room temperature
For the wash
- 2 tbsp whole milk
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl, stir together the ground flaxseed and 6 tbsp warm water until combined. Let sit for 10 minutes, until the mixture thickens to a gel-like consistency.
- 2
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the warm milk, 1 tbsp of the sugar, and the yeast. Stir briefly and let stand for 5–8 minutes, until foamy and fragrant.
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