I limit my trips to Walmart, keeping a running list until there are things on it that I need and I have to go. And when I do, I almost always check the sale racks of baked goods. I don't always buy something, but I look. This week I came home with Sour Cream Donuts, Lemon Sliced Loaf Cake, a small bag of three Macadamia Nut cookies and a loaf of Vanilla Brioche. I guess my sweet tooth was acting up.
I debated about the brioche. It looked so good - "Oh why not?"
And vanilla brioche? Well that almost melts in your mouth when you say it, doesn't it?
It has been quite awhile since I last bought any brioche. I forget that it really doesn't taste like I think it will. I'm probably attaching a romantic French connotation to the word and imagining, in my mind, sitting in the sun outside a Parisian café drinking café au lait and eating brioche.
This morning I tried toasting a slice. It was some better. Brioche has "high egg and butter content which gives it a rich and tender crumb".
Next time I'll buy the Croissants. I know I like them, especially filled with chicken salad.
Hm-m, my son-in-law bakes a lot of different kinds of bread. I wonder if he's ever made brioche?
Ken here, the Challah I make is very brioche like, as well as the potato dough rolls, but I haven't made brioche in particular.
ReplyDeleteKen - I was thinking I had seen a photo of one of your breads that made me think of the brioche - it must have been the Challah. I admire your bread making* so much. It is the sourdough though that I covet. (*I admire all your cooking/baking skills.)
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