Apricot brioche

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• MsVanDeKamp

  01 November 2007

  MsVanDeKamp rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I thought this would be really difficult, but it turned out to be so easy. I substituted the apricots for dried figs, which were lovely, I now make one for eating now, and slice one for the freezer to take out a slice as and when you fancy.

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• spoonfool

  24 February 2009

  spoonfool rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Much easier to make than I expected for brioche. I used chocolate chip instead of apricot. It is a good recipe but I´m only giving it 4* as I thought it was a bit dry. Otherwise, both my husband and I liked it.

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• paula

  06 May 2010

  paula rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A lovely experience. It smelled wonderful when it was cooking and tastes exactly right (think croissant rather than sponge cake). You need to pace yourself because of the long rising period. I used a food processor for the mixing, which I don't usually do because I found adding the butter quite hard work. The processor produced a lovely elastic dough although it did get everywhere. I was quite surprised to see how well it rose in the fridge when I looked at it in the morning. the method for adding the apricots worked well and stopped them getting burned by making sure they stayed covered by the dough. I have sliced it up and put it in the freezer, though I did cheat and have one slice-irresistible.

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• brownsauce

  15 February 2011

  brownsauce commented on this recipe

  I made this yesterday but with dark chocolate pieces instead of apricots. It is a really lovely cake and all my flatmates demolished it, but its a very fiddly recipe, waiting for the mixture to rise was painful. Dont think i would bother making it again.

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• same965

  17 April 2011

  same965 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I didn't use all the apricot, but I should have. Anyway we liked it. Next time I will put more sugar in it at my boyfriend's request.

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• beautifuljulie

  09 June 2011

  beautifuljulie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Good, my dough was always a bit moist and not easy to shape (and took longer than stated to bake) but it tasted wonderful!

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Ingredients

• 375g strong white flour
• 50g caster sugar
• 7g sachet fast-action yeast
• 2 tsp salt
• 100ml milk
• 4 eggs
• 175g butter , softened
• 140g dried apricots , diced

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Makes 2 loaves

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Prep 35 - 40 mins

Cook 20 mins

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Ingredients

• 375g strong white flour
• 50g caster sugar
• 7g sachet fast-action yeast
• 2 tsp salt
• 100ml milk
• 4 eggs
• 175g butter , softened
• 140g dried apricots , diced

216 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 25g, fat 11 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 1g, sugar 3g, salt 0.8 g

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