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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  • 04 January 2012

    Kila rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Made these for christmas morning, I followed advice and doubled the sugar, they are heavy but taste like brioche and one was more than enough for a breakfast

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  • 12 February 2012

    Peachmelba rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    The name of these is misleading as they are not like brioche at all, more like a cross between a scone and muffin as mentioned by someone else. Dead simple to make though and would be a nice addition to a brunch either savory or sweet.

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  • 26 August 2012

    rachelulu commented on this recipe

    I didn't have enough bread flour left to make these so used a mix of 400g of strong flour and 100g of self-raising flour. They were absolutely delicious and tasted just like the brioche I used to eat when I lived in France. They're better straight from the oven but absolutely fine the day after. A very easy to make breakfast treat!

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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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