No-knead brioche buns

No-knead brioche buns

Mix up these breakfast treats the night before, then all you have to do is bake and eat them warm from the oven

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

plus overnight proving

Method

  1. Mix the butter, sugar and eggs in a large bowl - they'll look a mess rather than coming together nicely. Add the flour, yeast and salt and pour on the milk. Stir the mixture to make a sticky dough (use you hands if you prefer), cover the bowl and leave somewhere cool for the whole day or overnight.
  2. Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Butter a 12-hole muffin or bun tin. Pull off lumps of dough the size of a clementine (flour your hands if it's sticky) and form into a ball. Drop into one of the holes and repeat. Brush the tops with egg and bake for 20 minutes, or until golden and cooked through.
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THREE THINGS TO ADD TO BRIOCHE DOUGH

1. Push a plain chocolate button into the centre of each roll and smooth the dough over before baking.
2. Leave out the sugar, add a pinch of paprika to the flour and sprinkle the tops with grated parmesan before baking.
3. Add grated lemon zest to the dough and don't brush with egg. Instead, once cooked, brush the tops of the rolls with lemon juice mixed with golden caster sugar.

PER SERVING

317 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 34.9g, fat 17.2 g, saturated fat 9.8g, fibre 1.3g, salt 0.71 g

Recipe from olive magazine, February 2011.

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  • 2011-01-29 11:33:48.97152

    LindaJS commented on this recipe

    These sound great for a weekend brekkie treat. Can anyone tell me how successfully the dough freezes or even the buns themselves?

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  • 2011-01-29 21:51:08.621639

    angelsb commented on this recipe

    Do you use fresh or dried yeast in this recipe?

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  • 2011-01-29 22:34:23.877901

    Paula commented on this recipe

    I am looking forward to making these - does anyone know if fast action yeast is ok to use?

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  • 2011-01-30 17:13:34.685491

    Buffologist rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Saw the recipe late last night, 10 minutes later I was done and off to bed, couldn't be easier! (I used fast action dried yeast for all those enquiring.) The dough was very very sticky so instead of flour, which just makes things stick more, I rubbed my hands with sunflower oil. It still stuck to everything but was a bit more manageable. Absolutely hassle free, so long as you don't mind a bit of stick!

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  • 2011-02-01 22:20:34.372986

    julie commented on this recipe

    Dried or fresh yeast????!!!!!

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  • 2011-02-04 21:10:42.888663

    inathalie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made them last night and filled with Nutella :-) Were amazing! I used dry yeast, just added a lil' bit more, about 3/4 teaspoon.

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  • 2011-02-06 08:10:13.353671

    Naomi rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I used dry yeast. They were delicious! The children loved them. So easy to make the dough the night before and just make up and put in the oven fresh! I will add choc to each middle next time! I found flour did work to make them not stick to my hands!

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  • 2011-02-11 20:42:08.618731

    hurdy81 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Brilliant recipe. So quick and easy to make and very tasty with dark chocolate in the middle. Works just as well with wheat and gluten free flour too.

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  • 2011-03-12 13:44:19.759882

    Jastom commented on this recipe

    Indeed a very simple and no fuss recipe! My friends simply love it. It goes so well with jams, like a hydrid of scone and muffins in one! Will definitely recommend my friends to bake!

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  • 2011-03-18 17:37:53.666571

    nomnom rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yum yum! I used packet fast action yeast and it worked fine, the only thing I might change is to add a little more sugar, although still delicious without!

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  • 2011-03-20 11:34:25.050077

    domestikate commented on this recipe

    I was really worried these wouldn't turn out as the dough looked really wet and had lumps of butter in it, but I've just taken them out the oven and they look great! I used sunflower oil on my hands and it really stopped the dough sticking. I agree with nomnom though, they could do with a bit more sugar to be more like normal brioche. Will def make these again though - so quick and easy!

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  • 2011-04-03 20:03:50.966301

    mrshwc rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These were delish! I don't think they'd keep or freeze well in baked or dough form, but that's a guess as they disappeared quickly here!

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  • 2011-04-23 16:42:45.912058

    HotPot rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I doubled the sugar and they tasted gorgeous. Very easy, very yummy.

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  • 2011-05-08 10:33:41.656248

    same965 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made it for breakfast in two variations: sweet and salty (with paprika and cheddar). Both of them is delicious, but the sweet one is our favourite. I used fresh yeast.

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  • 2011-07-11 17:16:57.519977

    bella rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These were lovely. I used fast action dried yeast and doubled the sugar. I put chocolate chips in some too. Next time I will halve the recipe because I saved half the dough in the fridge and used some 2 days later. It was ok but not as good as the ones I made the day after. I will be making these again.

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  • 2011-09-04 14:13:19.751477

    LizzieC rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Wasn't keen on how these turned out. Heavy and too cakey for my taste. Dough was simple enough to make however.

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  • 2011-09-25 08:13:36.011775

    sarahsutton commented on this recipe

    Just had these for breakfast. We weren't keen on them. Similar to last comment by LizzieC, they were too cakey, almost like a scone. I was hoping they'd be a bit more bread like.

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  • 2011-09-26 21:02:47.875428

    sarahsutton rated this recipe

    2 stars

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  • 2011-12-09 01:32:35.278657

    asaphken commented on this recipe

    Use an ice cream scoop to measure into tin . no sticky hands

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  • 2011-12-30 16:59:30.007886

    CJFlossy rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    the final cakes do taste like brioche but they are heavy and very cakey. did add vanilla essence to the mixture and stored the mixture in the fridge, which meant that the dough wasnt as sticky as i anticapated. I did add a choc drops inside each ball. but i probably wont make these in future.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

plus overnight proving

Ingredients

  • 200g butter , very soft
  • 2 tbsp golden caster sugar
  • 3 eggs , plus 1 beaten for glazing the next day
  • 500g strong white bread flour
  • ½ tsp yeast
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 200ml whole milk
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PER SERVING

317 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 34.9g, fat 17.2 g, saturated fat 9.8g, fibre 1.3g, salt 0.71 g

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