Ingredients:

• 3 cups – Bread flour or all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp – Active Dry yeast
• 1/2 cup – Milk (lukewarm)
• 1 – Egg yolk
• 1/4 cup – Sugar + 1 tsp – Sugar
• 1 tsp – Vanilla extract
• 1 tsp – Salt
• 100 gms – Butter
• 1 – Egg yolk + 1 tsp – Milk (for brushing)
• 2 tbsp – Dutch processed cocoa powder
• A few Sugar pearls

Method:

1. Mix the yeast, a teaspoon of sugar and salt to the lukewarm milk.
2. Keep aside until the yeast turns foamy.
3. Meanwhile take the flour, egg yolks and sugar in a large bowl.
4. Add gradually the foamy yeast, vanilla extract and turn everything in to a soft dough.
5. Now add the butter and knead everything for 10 minutes.
6. Divide the dough as a two equal balls.
7. Take a ball, add the cocoa powder and knead well until the cocoa powder gets well mixed.
8. Arrange the dough in two bowls covered with a towel and keep aside for at least for 2 hours until they double in volume.
9. Knead the dough again for a few minutes.
10. Roll the balls as two rectangles and place the cocoa dough over the vanilla dough.
11. Roll them tightly as a log and slice the logs in to 10-11 medium slices and arrange them in the greased round pan.
12. Keep the moulds in a warm place for half an hour.
13. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
14. Mix the egg yolk with milk for brushing together, now brush the uncooked brioche generously.
15. Sprinkle the sugar pearls on the top of the brioche.
16. Bake them for 25-30 minutes until the crust turns golden brown.
17. Cool it completely on a wire rack.
18. Recipe courtesy: Priya Easy N Tasty Recipe

Recipe courtesy of Priya