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Brioche texture

Rsgold's picture
Rsgold

Brioche texture

I made brioche a few days ago and the texture came out almost a little like corn bread and not quite as fluffy as I was expecting. What can I do to improve the texture? The 

clazar123's picture
clazar123

If it is more cakey than bready, I would ask what kind of flour you used? Brioche needs at least an AP flour that will make a good loaf of bread. Also, the dough needs to be worked to windowpane so a proper crumb can develop.

Rsgold's picture
Rsgold

I used king author AP flour 

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barlowpark

Flour selection would be largely irrelevant, but if it’s like corn bread it would most likely be that you under-mixed (was the cold butter fully incorporated into windowpane or just before?) and also had the incorrect ratios of egg and milk. A pretty standard bakers percentage for eggs is 40%, and 30% for milk.

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Rsgold

The recipe I used didn’t call for any milk and I used five eggs. I was worried about over kneading it, so I think that there is a good chance that I under worked the dough. 

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clazar123

If a cake or pastry flour was used, the subsequent bread could have too low a gluten content to make a good bread crumb and turn out be more cakey.If a higher protein flour was used (AP or higher), then undermixing would be the likely cause of cakieness.

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semolina_man

What is your kneading procedure and formula? 

Rsgold's picture
Rsgold

I don’t have a specific formula. I usually use my stand mixer and do the window pane test. 

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Timothy Wilson

My brioche texture does not work only when it is cold in the room and the dough is "not comfortable". And so I use 4 eggs per liter of milk and the dough is excellent.