Recipe - American Brioche

One half cup Milk
One half cup Butter
1/3 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 pack Yeast
One fourth cup Warm water
1 Egg; separated
3 Whole eggs; beaten
3 One fourth cup Flour; sifted

Recipe by: Craig Claiborne 1. Scald milk and cool to lukewarm.

2. Cream butter, adding sugar gradually. Add salt.

3. Soften the yeast in the water.

4. Blend milk, creamed mixture and yeast. Add the egg yolk, whole eggs
and flour and beat with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes.

5. Cover and let rise in a warm place until more than doubled in bulk,
about 2 hours or less.

6. Stir down and beat thoroughly. Cover tightly with foil and refrigerate
overnight.

7. Preheat oven to hot (425F); place rack near bottom.

8. Stir the dough down and turn out onto a floured board. Cut off slightly
less than one quarter of the dough and reserve. Cut the remaining dougn
into 16 pieces and form into balls of equal size. Place in wellgreased
muffin pan (2 /Three fourths x 1 One fourth inches deep).

Cut the smaller piece of dough into 16 pieces and shape into smooth balls.
Moisten finger slightly and make a depression in each large ball. Place a
small ball in each depression. Cover and let rise in a warm place until
double in bulk, about 1 hour.

9. Beat the remaining egg white with a teaspoon of sugar. Brush over
brioche. Bake until brown, or 15 20 minutes.

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