Basic Brioche for Doughnuts

Lovely egg- and butter-rich dough that was quite easy to make in a stand mixer. This recipe calls for bread flour only so the crumb, while still light and airy, was also chewy.

The method was standard, kneading the dough for some time before incorporating the softened butter. The instructions called for medium speed setting (#5 on my machine); the manufacturer of my stand mixer recommends #2 for kneading so that’s what I used. The dough was still done in the allotted time.

I made a double batch to feed a crowd for brunch with these individual monkey breads.