Lowney’s – Brioche

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour (approx. 480g)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• ½ cup butter (110g)
• 1 yeast cake
• ¼ cup lukewarm water (60ml)
• 8 eggs
• 1 cup milk (240ml)

Method

1. Scald milk; when lukewarm add dissolved yeast cake; add remaining ingredients and beat well for one half hour.
2. Let rise to double its bulk; cut down; keep in ice box over night; in the morning, shape.
3. For Coffee Cakes, make into biscuit, then into finger shapes, twist ends in opposite directions, shape in crescents, let rise in pan.
4. Bake in moderate oven.
5. Brush with confectioners’ sugar dissolved in boiling water.
6. This mixture may be used for Buns.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard