I was fortunate enough to have been gifted a brand new swish Panasonic bread machine for Christmas (thank you Bestemor!) and I’ve been trying out some of the recipes in the booklet that came with it. One of the recipes is for a chocolate brioche. I’ve never made brioche before and my new bread machine has a brioche dough setting (see what I mean – swish!) and I couldn’t wait to try it out. I wasn’t disappointed – these chocolate chunk brioche rolls are wonderful! They are very, very nice indeed with a cup of coffee.
If your bread machine doesn’t have a brioche setting, add the cubed, chilled butter after the first knead setting. Don’t forget to add the ingredients to your bread machine according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Alternately, you could always make them by hand by mixing the wet ingredients into the dry, kneading for 10 minutes and leaving the dough to rise for an hour or so, until doubled in bulk, and then continuing with the rolling, folding and proving instructions below.
I have reposted this blog recipe (originally posted in December 2012) so I can include it in Jen from Blue Kitchen Bakes’ Classic French recipe round up for March 2013. This month we’re tasked to make and share our brioche recipes.
- 1 1/2 tsp active dried yeast
- 400 grams strong white bread flour
- 4 tbsp caster sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 70 grams butter, cut into 1 cm cubes
- 3 (150 grams) eggs, beaten
- 90 ml full fat milk
- 1 tbsp dark rum
- 50 grams butter, cut into 2 cm cubes (keep in fridge)
- 120 grams plain chocolate, chopped
Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Yield: Makes 12
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rebecca nisbet says
love brioche! trying this recipe!
rebecca nisbet says
this is being made at the weekend!!!
bev says
That looks really nice!
Bluescot says
Well done on the recipe. Certainly one for the calories though but looks tasty. I”ve got a Zojirushi machine and will give it a go. Hope they turn out as good as your pictures suggest.
Victoria Lee says
Brioche was made to be stuffed with chocolate in my opinion! And these look just divine!
I’m hosting May’s Classic French for Jen, and the theme is Macarons, would love it if you headed over and joined in 🙂
http://kickatthepantrydoor.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/mays-classic-french-challenge.html
Jen Price says
These look fantastic and I love the fact that there is a sneaky dash of rum in the recipe as well. Thanks so much for reposting this to enter Classic French and sorry it’s taken me so long to come and have a look!
Camilla @FabFood4All says
We buy chocolate brioche a lot in this household but to be able to make it yourself is fab. Yours look so delicious and professional – well done:-)
Angela Darroch says
Sadly I have never been gifted a ‘swish’ bread machine but who knows maybe one day… Nothing nicer than the smell of home baked bread.
Gloria says
I love brioches these look amazi.g:)
Elizabeth says
Thank you! They are far too lovely! Very moreish!
Jaime says
What a great gift! These brioche look scrumptious. Looking forward to seeing what you bake next 😀
Elizabeth says
Thank you 🙂 It is a handy appliance, for sure!
Janice Pattie says
They look heavenly. Very posh breadmaker indeed.
Elizabeth says
Now that I’ve had the breadmaker for a few months I have to say I am very, very impressed with it! Unfortunately as a result I’ve put on a few pounds!