Steps

• Prepare all the ingredients in front of you, so you’ll be sure not to forget anything. Place oil, sugar, and milk in the bowl. Close the lid and set it for 30 seconds, speed 1, at 98°F. Then add the crumbled yeast, set for 4 seconds at speed 4, without heating anymore.

• Now add the rest: flour, egg, and salt and mix at speed 5 for 30 seconds. Open the lid and if needed, scrape down the sides of the bowl, close it again and run for a few more seconds. It should be a soft and slightly sticky dough.

• Leave the lid closed and let rise for 15 minutes at room temperature.

• In the meantime, line a rectangular mold suitable for your air fryer with parchment paper and grease it with olive oil. It should be small, a normal loaf pan wouldn’t fit in the basket. I’ll share a little trick, I use a steel food container that I bought some time ago at a famous department store, which mostly sells furniture.

• After 15 minutes, gather all the dough in the bowl using a spatula. You’ll notice it’s very soft and warm. Grease your hands with oil to prevent sticking. Now you can divide it into three equal parts, fold and form three balls. Arrange them horizontally to fill the mold.

• Let rise for an hour at room temperature. I place it inside the air fryer turned off and let it rest peacefully. Being a small and closed environment, there’s no need to cover it, the dough doesn’t dry out on the surface.

  

• When the dough has risen, remove it from the air fryer and preheat it for 5 minutes at 320°F in Bake mode. Brush the entire surface with extra virgin olive oil.

  

• Bake the brioche resting directly on the bottom of the drawer, without the grid, at 320°F for 30 minutes in Bake (oven) mode, without opening during cooking.

• After 30 minutes, remove it from the air fryer, place on a rack, and let cool for a few minutes. Then remove it from the mold to prevent moisture from condensing on the walls.

• If you have a planetary mixer or kitchen mixer, proceed as above; otherwise, you can prepare your brioche dough by hand.

• Weigh all the ingredients with a kitchen scale. Place the oil, sugar, and milk in a bowl. Emulsify with a fork. Add the yeast by crumbling it with your hand and let it dissolve. Then you can add the flour. Mix with a fork until all ingredients are combined.

• Crack the egg into a small bowl, beat it with a fork, and then add it to the dough. Lastly, add the salt.

• Knead by hand until you have a homogeneous and soft dough, form a ball and let rise in a lightly greased bowl for about half an hour. Then continue as above.