These Chocolate Chip Breakfast Brioche buns are pretty damn special! My Buttery Soft, Brioche Buns are fluffy on the inside with a dreamy golden crust on the outside! Packed with Chocolate chips, they bring a luxury edge to your morning routine, when cereal just won’t cut it! Easy to make, impossible to resist! Here’s how I make them…

A fun and Therapeutic Bake!

It really is! The kneading, the shaping, the excessive Chocolate chips! It’s all magic! Did you know that Baking is good for your mental health? The sensory aspect alone is honey to our senses! The smell, sight and feel of the dough becomes a positive sensory experience! It can promote relaxation, increase appetite, soothe anxiety and simply take you away!

Sometimes the world and all its elements can be overwhelming, which is why each of us needs an outlet…an activity that allows us to step out of our own minds for a while. I have many sources of stress relief, I either Bake, Garden, Write, Read Or Design. It’s so important to take time out when you need it. Baking is an excellent place to start!

What is Brioche?

Brioche is a type of bread of French origin. It usually contains butter and eggs which gives the bread a rich, buttery, tender crumb. Lightly sweet and soft, the enriched dough of the Brioche can be used both as a sweet or savoury offering.

What Is Enriched dough?

Simply put, an enriched dough is a dough made with an added fat, such as, butter, sugar, eggs or oil. Enriched doughs are typically softer and richer than breads which are made with the basic flour, water, salt and yeast mix.

Good examples of an enriched dough are Rich dinner rolls like my Soft dinner Rolls , my Buttery Garlic and Herb Mini Baguettes and my Tear and Share Apple Cinnamon Loaf. Oh and you must try one on my favourites…Custard and Raisin Brioche Buns, OMG!

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Marie-Antoinette’s downfall !

The famously sweet toothed Marie-Antoinette, the last queen consort of France prior to the French Revolution, is said to have indulged vigorously in all the sweet delights that 18th century France could provide, including Brioche…

It is said, on the eve of the French revolution, when Queen Marie-Antoinette was informed of the suffering of French peasants, and the shortage of bread in Paris. She remarked “S’ils n’ont plus de pain, qu’ils mangent de la brioche”, meaning “If they have no bread, let them eat Cake (brioche)”

This statement was not well received! It demonstrated to the french people Marie-Antoinette’s frivolous disregard for their suffering and demonstrated a poor understanding of their plight. Cake and enriched dough goods like brioche, were a luxury, and certainly not accessible to the majority of the French people! Understandably the French people were peeved! and Soon after, she was guillotined for crimes against the state! eeek!

How To Make Chocolate Chip Breakfast Brioche Buns

What You’ll need for this recipe

Mixing Bowl
Stand Mixer with dough hook (**optional, but does make life easier, try the one I use)
Rubber Spatula
Digital Kitchen Scales
Dough Cutter
Baking Tray
Baking Paper or liner

*As always the full detailed recipe can be found at the end of the post on the recipe card

Ingredients

Just warm milk
Butter (melted)
White Granulated Sugar
Sachet of quick action Yeast
Plain Flour
Salt (only if using unsalted butter)
Eggs, room temp, beaten
Chocolate chips
Egg (for the egg wash)

Instructions

In a mixing bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the warm milk, the warm (not hot) melted butter and the granulated sugar.
Next sprinkle the yeast on top and mix it in, cover the bowl with a tea towel and let it rest for 10 minutes until the yeast has foamed a little.
Add the salt (only if using unsalted butter)then add the flour, a little at a time, and combine with a rubber spatula or a dough hook, if using a stand mixer. As the dough comes together add the 2 beaten eggs and combine by kneading with your hands or in the Stand Mixer for around 5-8 minutes until the dough is smooth, stretchy and slightly tacky *If the Dough feels too sticky add sprinkles of flour until workable.
Place the dough into a large lined or oiled bowl, cover and allow to rise for 90 minutes at room temperature

After it has risen, dump the dough onto a lightly floured surface and stretch it out into a rectangle. Spread chocolate chips over the entire surface and gently knead to form a large ball of dough again.(save some chocolate chips for topping)
Divide the dough into 10 even pieces and shape each into a ball.

Place the dough balls on a lined baking sheet, with space in-between each one (they will spread out while baking)
Preheat the oven to 180c
Press some extra chocolate chips into each dough ball and loosely cover for a second rise of 20 minutes
Whisk an egg and brush the dough balls with egg wash

Place in the middle of the oven for 18-20 minutes or until the tops are golden
Serve warm or cooled and Enjoy!

How Long will Chocolate Chip Breakfast Brioche Buns Keep?

Keep the Brioche Buns in an airtight container at room temperature for upto 5 days or in the fridge for upto 2 weeks.

Can you Freeze Chocolate Chip Breakfast Brioche Buns?

Yes! Simply wrap each one in cling wrap and place in a freezer bag. Freeze for upto 3 months, thaw at room temperature. When thawed, warm them up in the oven at 180°C for 3 minutes

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Chocolate Chip Breakfast Brioche Buns

Prep Time2

Cook Time18

Course: Bread, Breakfast, Dessert

Servings: 10

Ingredients

300 mls Just Warm Milk
80 g Butter
60 g Granulated sugar
1 x 7g sachet of quick action yeast
640 g Plain Flour
1 tsp salt (only if using unsalted butter)
2 eggs (room temperature and beaten)
180 g Chocolate chips
1 Egg (For the egg wash)

Instructions

In a mixing bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the warm milk, the warm (not hot) melted butter and the granulated sugar.
Next sprinkle the yeast on top and mix it in, cover the bowl with a tea towel and let it rest for 10 minutes until the yeast has foamed a little.
Add the salt (only if using unsalted butter)then add the flour, a little at a time, and combine with a rubber spatula or a dough hook, if using a stand mixer.
As the dough comes together add the 2 beaten eggs and combine by kneading with your hands or in the Stand Mixer for around 5-8 minutes until the dough is smooth, stretchy and slightly tacky *If the Dough feels too sticky add sprinkles of flour until workable.
Place the dough into a large lined or oiled bowl, cover and allow to rise for 90 minutes at room temperature
After it has risen, dump the dough onto a lightly floured surface and stretch it out into a rectangle. Spread chocolate chips over the entire surface and gently knead to form a large ball of dough again.(save some chocolate chips for topping)
Divide the dough into 10 even pieces and shape each into a ball.
Place the dough balls on a lined baking sheet, with space in-between each one (they will spread out while baking)
Preheat the oven to 180c
Press some extra chocolate chips into each dough ball and loosely cover for a second rise of 20 minutes
Whisk an egg and brush the dough balls with the egg wash
Place in the middle of the oven for 18-20 minutes or until the tops are golden
Serve warm or cooled and Enjoy!

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