{"id":5567,"date":"2013-02-11T13:26:50","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T20:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artisanbreadinfive.com\/?p=5567"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:56:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T20:56:26","slug":"valentines-day-bread-brioche-made-with-gold-medal-bread-flour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artisanbreadinfive.com\/2013\/02\/11\/valentines-day-bread-brioche-made-with-gold-medal-bread-flour\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine’s Day Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nothing expresses your love as much as a tasty homemade gift. All you need is a bucket of brioche, a heart shaped cookie cutter and red decorating sugar to make this gorgeous heart shaped loaf. It’s an easy and fast project to do with little kids on Valentine’s Day.<\/p>\n

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I mixed this batch of Brioche dough from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day,<\/a> with bread flour It made the dough a bit tighter, which means that the heart shaped loaf will hold its shape even better. If you have a batch of the regular brioche dough (made with all-purpose flour) in the refrigerator, by all means use it and you’ll have excellent results.<\/p>\n

2 pounds brioche dough (page 189 ABin5), made with bread flour<\/p>\n

2 tablespoons butter, melted<\/p>\n

Red and\/or white decorating sugar<\/p>\n

To make the heart shaped bread:<\/p>\n

Roll the brioche out to 1\/8-inch thick rectangle. Use a 2 1\/2-inch Heart Cookie Cutter<\/a> to create the heart shape pieces of dough.<\/p>\n

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Use water and a Pastry Brush<\/a> to “glue” the heart pieces together in a Heart shape.<\/p>\n

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Allow the heart bread to rest for 40 minutes, lightly covered with plastic. Preheat the oven to 350\u00b0F. Brush the loaf with the melted butter.<\/p>\n

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Sprinkle the loaf with the Decorating Sugar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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You don’t want to use granulated sugar or it will caramelize in the oven.<\/p>\n

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Bake for about 25 minutes, or just until the bottom edge turns golden. You don’t want the loaf to brown.<\/p>\n

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Allow to cool slightly, eat this loaf slightly warm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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