Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Place your chocolate chips in the freezer. Frozen chocolate helps prevent melting streaks inside the dough.
- Remove the bread machine’s pan insert.Mix the warm water and condensed milk in a jug, then pour into the pan. Add the sugar and yeast. Give it a quick stir.Cover the pan with plastic wrap and let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes until the yeast looks bubbly and active.
- Whisk your egg and egg yolk together quickly and pour into the foamy yeast mixture.Drop in the cold cubed butter.
- Add the flour on top without mixing.Make a small pocket in the flour mound and add the salt. Cover lightly with flour so the salt does not touch the liquid too early.
- Place the pan into the bread machine. Select the dough cycle and press start.Most machines take around one hour thirty minutes.
- When the dough cycle finishes, tip the dough onto a lightly floured counter.Roll or pat it out it into a long rectangle. Sprinkle your frozen chocolate chips over the dough.
- Fold the dough over itself a few times to distribute the chocolate evenly.Divide the dough into three equal pieces. Roll each one into a long rope of similar length.
- Line the three ropes up and pinch the top ends together.Braid gently all the way down. Pinch the bottom ends to seal.Transfer the braid onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Cover loosely with plastic wrap or a damp towel.Let the dough rise for about one hour until puffy, soft and slightly larger.
- Preheat your oven to 375°F.
- Brush the brioche braid gently with egg wash.Bake the braided dough for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown and risen.
- Slide the loaf onto a cooling rack and allow it to cool before slicing so it keeps the crumb and the shape better.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.