In the middle of the night, I woke up, and thought, "Self, you gotta go take care of that loaf of bread that is rising. Time to do something with it." As I grabbed my glasses and marched downstairs, I caught myself, "Dude, are you crazy? Go back to sleep."
You see, I was studying various bread recipes right before I went to sleep, and debated the optimal way to make a delicious loaf of brioche.
Brioche is a very buttery bread, and requires a rising in the fridge between 8-24 hours. It is difficult for me to line up my schedule just so, to accommodate for the first long rising, and then the second rising of about 2 hours, and another hour to actually ke it.
I must say, in a strange way, I am proud that I stay on task even in my sleep!
It has been interesting, fun, and super tasty to try out different recipes. At the same time, a little frightening how much butter is in one loaf of brioche (16 tablespoons.)
BTW, I can't take all the credit for all this bread making recently, my trusty Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer does almost all the work- I just measure and dump. I do not want to use my hands to mix in 16 tablespoons of butter into some dough, can you imagine how sticky and greasy it would have been?
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