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Brioche dough
It's a soft and rich dough, with butter and eggs which give a smooth and incredibly tasty brioche.
This is the basic recipe for brioche dough, used for all other brioche-based recipes on the site.
This is the basic recipe for brioche dough, used for all other brioche-based recipes on the site.
Last modified on: October 17th 2026
For 1 kg 250 g, you will need:
- 1
225 g butter - 2
325 g egg ( How to... ) - 3
500 g plain white flour (French Type 45) - 4
15 g yeast - 5
25 g caster sugar - 6
9 g fine (or table) salt - 7
100 g fermented viennoiserie dough (optional) - 8 50 g caster sugar
- Total weight: 1,150 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation
12 hours 60 min.
Resting
1 hour 30 min.
All in all
14 hours 30 min.
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Step by step recipe
Step 1 - ⌛ 5 min.
Cut 225 g butter in small pieces, let stay at ambient temperature.
Step 2 - ⌛ 3 min.
In the bowl of a mixer, pour 325 g egg puis 500 g plain white flour (French Type 45), 15 g yeast, 25 g caster sugar et 9 g fine (or table) salt.
Step 3 - ⌛ 15 min.
Kneed at low speed for 3 minutes, then 8 minutes at medium speed.
Step 4 - ⌛ 1 min.
Add 100 g fermented viennoiserie dough and 50 g caster sugar to the vat.
Note: This procedure (sugar and fermented dough are added later) helps the brioche to grow and puff up nicely, as the yeast is not saturated by a massive addition of sugar right from the start.
Note: This procedure (sugar and fermented dough are added later) helps the brioche to grow and puff up nicely, as the yeast is not saturated by a massive addition of sugar right from the start.
Step 5 - ⌛ 15 min.
Kneed at medium until dough stop to stick to the bowl (10-15 minutes usually).
Step 6 - ⌛ 1 min.
Add butter.
Step 7 - ⌛ 10 min.
Kneed at medium speed until butter is fully incorporated.
Step 8 - ⌛ 1 hour
Cover dough with plastic film, and let stay 1 hour at ambient temperature.
Step 9
After this time dough has inflated, starting fermentation, which is good.
Step 10 - ⌛ 2 min.
Remove plastic film and stretch the dough by lifting it up and letting it suddenly drop. This will remove all the fermentation gas.
Step 11 - ⌛ 12 hours
Put back film on top, and put in the fridge for the night.
Step 12 - ⌛ 2 min.
The day after, dough has inflate a bit, get cold, and can now be manipulated.
Pour the dough on your working surface with some flour on it.
Pour the dough on your working surface with some flour on it.
Step 13 - ⌛ 2 min.
Spread the dough using your hand.
Step 14 - ⌛ 5 min.
Cut stripes of dough, and cut those stripes in pieces of the chosen weight.
Step 15
For example 40 grams pieces to make a Nanterre brioche...
Step 16
... or 250 grams pieces for brioche pies.
Step 17 - ⌛ 30 min.
Roll dough pieces in balls, put on a baking sheet, cover with a plastic sheet, and put in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Then your brioche dough is ready to use in your recipe.
Then your brioche dough is ready to use in your recipe.
Remarks
It's more easy to succeed in making good brioche by using a special flour, strong in gluten, called "Farine de gruau". If you can't have this one, try to use a T45 flour.
Keeping: Brioche dough can be frozen.
Source: From Thomas Marie.
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Nutritional information
| Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats | Calories | Energy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 9 g RDI=13 % | 40 g RDI=15 % | 20 g RDI=28 % | 375 kcal RDI=19 % | 1,568 kJ RDI=19 % |
| Whole recipe | 98 g RDI=151 % | 457 g RDI=172 % | 231 g RDI=317 % | 4,303 kcal RDI=215 % | 18,017 kJ RDI=215 % |
How much will it cost?
For 1 kg 250 g
3.80 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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The 4 comments already posted on this recipe
Thank you!
Monique
I made a chinois with the dough and that truly turned out beautiful!
Just a word of warning though, the dough is hard to knead, and nearly killed my Moulinex robot, so had to switch to my hand mixer with the 2 dough "blades" that look like corkscrews and it takes the strain fine.
Thank you so much for this great recipe!!!
Franck
I made a chinois with the dough and that truly turned out beautiful!
Just a word of warning though, the dough is hard to knead, and nearly killed my Moulinex robot, so had to switch to my hand mixer with the 2 dough "blades" that look like corkscrews and it takes the strain fine.
Thank you so much for this great recipe!!!
Franck