Extra soft heart-shaped brioches for valentine's day

Ingredients

Brioche dough:

• 2/3 cup milk (at room temperature)
• 1 Tbsp dry baker’s yeast (or 2 Tbsp fresh yeast)
• 3 3/4 cups flour (T45)
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 pinch of salt
• 3 eggs
• 5.3 oz softened butter

Filling:

• 2 Tbsp melted butter
• 7 tsp brown sugar

Egg wash:

• 1 egg yolk
• 1 Tbsp milk
• 2 oz pink pralines (or pearl sugar)

Materials

• Stand mixer with dough hook / kneading machine
• Parchment paper
• Dough scraper (or spatula and knife)
• Rolling pin
• Pastry brush

Preparation

• Combine dry yeast and warm milk and let rest for 10 minutes at room temperature.
• Place the flour in the bowl of a stand mixer. Add the sugar and salt to one side and cover them with flour. Then add the eggs and the room-temperature milk and yeast mixture.
  
• Knead until you have a dough that is no longer sticky. Gradually add the softened butter, cut into pieces, while kneading. Knead for 5 minutes, until the dough is no longer sticky.
• Form a ball of dough in the bowl and cover with a cloth. Let it rest at room temperature (near a heat source if possible) for 2 hours.
  
• Degas the dough and divide it into 7 pieces of about 140 g each. Form small balls and cover with a cloth for 15 minutes at room temperature.
• Melt the butter. Roll out the pieces of dough. Brush the dough with melted butter and sprinkle with brown sugar (about 1 tsp per piece).
  
• Roll the dough into a log.
• Fold the log in half: top to bottom.
  
• Cut the log with a dough scraper from top to bottom, leaving the bottom intact.
• Fold the left side to the left and the right side to the right. Place all the heart-shaped doughs on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Cover with a cloth and let rise for 1 hour at room temperature.
  
• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C, fan-assisted). Mix the egg yolk and milk, then brush the brioches with the egg wash. Sprinkle with pink pralines.
• Bake the brioches for 17 minutes at 350°F (180°C) in a fan-assisted oven.
  
• And there you have it, your brioches have risen beautifully and are ready to be devoured.

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