Vanilla Cream-Filled Brioche Recipe - (4.2/5)

Ingredients

• Brioche
• 2 3/4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1/4 cup Baker's Special Dry Milk or nonfat dry milk
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon instant yeast
• 3 large eggs + 1 large egg yolk, white reserved for topping
• 1/4 cup lukewarm water
• 10 tablespoons butter
• Pastry cream filling
• 3 cups whole milk
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 4 large egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or vanilla bean crush
• 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) butter
• 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped to soft peaks
• Brioche topping
• 1 large egg white lightly beaten with 1 tablespoon cold water
• coarse white sparkling sugar or Swedish pearl sugar
• Tips from our bakers
• To make just 8 filled brioche, make the entire brioche recipe, reserving half the brioche for sandwiches or dinner rolls. Make just half the pastry cream recipe, and fill 8 brioche.