Description
A luxurious French-style pastry featuring soft brioche dough filled with thick vanilla custard and chocolate chips, glazed with simple syrup.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3.5 cups all-purpose flour (For dough)
- 1/3 cup sugar (For dough)
- 2.25 tsp instant yeast (1 packet)
- 1/2 cup milk (Warm, for dough)
- 3 large eggs (Room temp)
- 1/2 cup butter (Softened)
- 2 cups milk (For custard)
- 4 large egg yolks (For custard)
- 1/2 cup sugar (For custard)
- 3 tbsp cornstarch (Thickener)
- 2 tsp vanilla bean paste (Flavor)
- 1 cup chocolate chips (Semi-sweet)
Instructions
- Whisk yolks, sugar, and cornstarch. Temper with hot milk, then cook until thickened into custard. Cool completely.
- Knead flour, sugar, yeast, milk, eggs, and butter into a smooth dough. Let rise for 1.5 hours.
- Roll dough into a rectangle. Spread cold custard on half; sprinkle with chocolate chips. Fold over.
- Cut into strips. Place on baking sheet and let rise for 45 minutes.
- Brush with egg wash. Bake at 375°F for 15-20 mins. Brush with syrup while hot.
Notes
- Prep Time: 120 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Pastry
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 brioche
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 48 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 150 mg