The braided pastries with cream and chocolate chips are a real treat for breakfast and snack time. These soft and fragrant leavened pastries combine the softness of the brioche dough with the deliciousness of the custard and the intense flavor of the chocolate chips.
Perfect to start the day with energy or to enjoy a moment of pleasure, these braids are a classic of homemade pastry that captivates both adults and children, good and soft for a café-like breakfast.
The secret of these soft brioches lies in the rich and well-leavened dough. Made with flour, milk, eggs, and butter, the dough must rest for a long time to ensure a light and stringy consistency. After leavening, it is carefully braided and filled with velvety custard and dark chocolate chips, which melt slightly during baking, giving off an irresistible aroma.
The braids are perfect for a delicious breakfast, accompanied by a cappuccino or hot tea. They are also a great idea for a genuine snack, to be enjoyed with a glass of milk or orange juice. Thanks to their beauty and goodness, they are ideal to serve on holidays and special occasions, like Mother’s Day or a Sunday brunch.
To get super soft brioches, it is important to respect the leavening times and choose quality ingredients. If you want an even more delicious touch, try brushing them with honey or sugar sprinkles before baking.
Prepare them at home and surprise everyone with their irresistible goodness! 🥐🍫✨
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Rest time: 3 Hours
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Cooking methods: Oven, Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg + 1 yolk
- 1/4 cup butter
- vanilla flavoring
- 3 cups milk
- 6 yolks
- 3/4 cup sugar
- lemon peel
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 yolk + 4 tbsps milk
- + chocolate chips to taste
Tools
- Ventilated oven
- chocolate chips
Steps
Here is the procedure:
Dissolve the yeast in the milk and add it to a bowl with the sugar, flour, lemon peel, and eggs.
Mix quickly and add the butter.
Knead, form a ball, and cover it with plastic wrap.
Let rise in the oven turned off with the light on for two hours.
Meanwhile, prepare the cream by mixing the yolks with the sugar, Add the cornstarch
Add 3 tablespoons of the 3 cups of milk. Heat the milk with the lemon peel and add it to the yolk cream
Return everything to the heat and stir until it thickens.
Cover in contact with plastic wrap and let cool.
Roll out the dough into a rectangular shape.
Cut into strips about 1 1/4 inches wide and divide in two leaving them attached.
Braid them onto themselves
After braiding them, close by placing the end part inside the hole created at the beginning
Twist onto themselves forming an eight.
Let rise 1 hour in the oven turned off with the light on covered by plastic wrap.
Brush with a mixture of yolk and milk and add the cream and chocolate chips into the “empty” spaces.
Bake in the oven at 350°F for 18 minutes.
Enjoy your meal!
