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Okay, the story is like this: I've only made French brioches once before - back in 1989 or 1990, after I'd returned from Germany. I found the recipe in a book called "Backvergnügen wie noch nie", copied it and coming home, gave it a try. The results were... modest, to put it mildly. So modest that I swore I'd never make those things again and throw out the recipe. I kid you not!
Fast forward 30+ years. The Great Aussie Bake-Off had French brioches as the technical challenge two days ago, and they looked so yummy I decided to try it again, after all. Fortunately, I found this recipe, which proved really easy, not the least because it's a German one, using grams and mililitres and the likes, instead of the obscure measures of English or American ones. No offence intended.
Well, my brioches haven't turned out quite that exemplary than the ones in the recipe, but I find them pretty enough. Lookie, lookie:
And they are extremely yummy and fluffy! So we had some of them for lunch, with leftover soup, and that took care of the cooking today. Thank God!
Other than that, I've finished the identical pages for Baby Books #2 and #3 and even managed to do some writing today. So, all in all it was a fantastic day for me!
Fast forward 30+ years. The Great Aussie Bake-Off had French brioches as the technical challenge two days ago, and they looked so yummy I decided to try it again, after all. Fortunately, I found this recipe, which proved really easy, not the least because it's a German one, using grams and mililitres and the likes, instead of the obscure measures of English or American ones. No offence intended.
Well, my brioches haven't turned out quite that exemplary than the ones in the recipe, but I find them pretty enough. Lookie, lookie:
And they are extremely yummy and fluffy! So we had some of them for lunch, with leftover soup, and that took care of the cooking today. Thank God!
Other than that, I've finished the identical pages for Baby Books #2 and #3 and even managed to do some writing today. So, all in all it was a fantastic day for me!
