Brioche Buns

Course: Bread (savory)

Ingredients

Dough

Egg Wash

Steps

Yields 8-10 buns.

Make the dough (15 mins):

  1. Whisk together the flour, salt, yeast, and sugar.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the cold water and the egg.
    1. Reduce the cold water by 75g (so 225g total). You can always add more back in!!
  3. Heat the milk and butter together until the butter is melted.
  4. Pour this hot mixture into the cold water-egg mixture. The combined mixture should be perfectly lukewarm. Add it to the flour bowl and stir with a spatula till you have a sticky dough ball.
  5. Drizzle a teaspoon or two of olive oil over the dough and rub to coat — this prevents a crust from forming on the dough during the rising. 

Rise: 2-3 hours:

  1. Cover bowl and let rise in a warm area (see notes above) for 2 to 3 hours or until doubled. Alternatively, stick bowl in the fridge immediately and let it rise overnight or for 12 to 18 hours.

Shaping (5 mins):

  1. Cover a work surface lightly with flour.
  2. Deflate dough, turn out onto work surface, and divide into 8 to 10 equal portions (use a scale and weigh each roll if you want perfectly even rolls: about 128 g each for 8 rolls and 102 g for 10 rolls).
  3. Using as much flour as necessary, roll each portion into a ball, and place on a parchment-lined sheet pan or two.

Rest (40 mins):

  1. Let rise until the rolls puff and feel light to touch — 30-45 minutes roughly. 
  2. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 220ºC conventional.

Bake (20 mins):

  1. Brush rolls with egg wash.
  2. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden all around.
  3. Transfer rolls to wire rack to cool completely.

Source: https://alexandracooks.com/2018/04/28/easy-no-knead-brioche-rolls-overnight-and-refrigerated-or-not/

Nutrition Information

8 servings per recipe

Per recipe Per serving
Calories 2340kcal 293kcal
Fat 55g 7g
of which saturates 31g 4g
Carbohydrates 378g 47g
Sugar 35g 4g
of which free sugars 28g 4g
Fibre 23g 3g
Protein 69g 9g
Sodium 1.146g 0g

Note: Salt, Dried Yeast, Egg, Egg, Water are missing nutrition data. Totals may be incomplete.

Last generated: 2026-04-14 10:31:06 UTC