Heart shaped brioches for valentine's day

Ingredients

Brioche dough :

• 2/3 cup warm milk
• 1 Tbsp dry yeast
• 3 + 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 pinch of salt
• 3 eggs
• 5.3 oz softened butter

Stuffing :

• 2 Tbsp melted butter
• 7 tsp brown sugar

To golden :

• 1 egg yolk
• 1 Tbsp milk
• 2 oz pink pralines

Preparation

• Combine dry yeast and warm milk and leave to rest for 10 minutes at room temperature.
• Put flour in the kneading machine. Add sugar and salt and cover with some flour with a wooden spoon. Add eggs and the milk + yeast mix.
  
• Knead until you have a non sticky dough (for about 5 minutes at speed 3). Add softened butter gradually while kneading. Knead for 5 minutes at speed 3 again, until you have a non sticky dough.
• Form a ball and cover with a cloth. Leave to swell for 2 hours at room temperature.
  
• Degas the dough and divide it into 7 dough (about 4.9 oz each). Form little balls and cover with a cloth for 15 minutes at room temperature.
• Melt the butter. Spread the mini doughs. Brush the dough with some melted butter and sprinkle some brown sugar on top (about 1 tsp per dough).
  
• Roll the dough.
• Fold the roll top-down.
  
• Cut the dough top-down, leaving a border in the bottom (watch the video).
• Fold the left side to the left and the right side to the right. Put all the heart shaped doughs on a parchment paper on a baking tray. Cover with a cloth and leave to swell for 1 hour at room temperature.
  
• Preheat your oven at 1350°F. Combine a egg yolk with a tablespoon milk and brush the brioches with this mix. Sprinkle some pink pralines on top.
• Bake the brioches for 17 minutes at 350°F.
  
• There you are, your brioches are ready !