Grammy's Kitchen · Brioche · No-Knead Brioche Bread
One of 32 brioche recipes we measured
from alexandracooks.com
It ranks #4 of 32 for fluffiness among the brioche recipes we compared. 66 cooks on alexandracooks.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 32.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 60% | 36% |
| fat | 11% | 33% |
| total sugar | 6% | 10% |
| egg | 10% | 42% |
| yeast | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| dairy | 15% | 18% |
| flour strength | 2.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 768 g | 6 cups (768 g) all-purpose or bread flour |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon (15 g) kosher salt |
| 8 g | 2.5 teaspoons (8 g) instant yeast, see notes above if using active dry yeast |
| 77 g | 1/3 cup (77 g) sugar |
| 444 g | 1.75 -2 cups (425-450 g) lukewarm water, see notes above |
| 100 g | 2 eggs (100 g) |
| 125 g | 1/2 cup (125 g) milk |
| 80 g | 6 tablespoons (80 g) butter, melted |
Method: 8 steps, published by alexandracooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I've made both this and the hazelnut brioche from your cookbook. Now that I think abut every loaf I've ever made (EVER), you're absolutely correct about the enrichments. There were loaves loaded with butter, eggs, and the whole ordeal from other author's recip” — a cook, 5.0★
“Coming back to say that the half dozen braided loaves I baked were a HUGE hit as gifts for the holidays with people admitting they were fighting with family over the bread 🤣. Since then I've done loaves in pans and I really like both versions. The braided ” — a cook, 5.0★