Name: Chocolate Chip Brioche
Ingredients: 1 pk Active dry yeast; 6 tb Warm water (105-115 degrees); 2 3/4 c All-purpose flour; divided; 2 tb Sugar; 1 ts Salt; 6 tb Butter; softened; 6 tb Heavy cream; 4 Egg yolks; 1/2 pk (6-oz) Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate morsels; 1 Egg; beaten

God declares to us that Jesus Christ, who once had His side pierced, today has His heart open, as it were, that we may have assurance of the love that He bears us; that as He once had His arms fastened to the cross, now He has them wide open to draw us to Himself; and that as once He shed his blood, so today He wishes us to be plunged within it. So, when God invites us so sweetly and Jesus Christ sets before us the fruit of His death and passion...let us all come to take our stand with our Lord Jesus Christ.

John Calvin

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Bread	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	Active dry yeast
6	tb	Warm water (105-115 degrees)
2 3/4	c	All-purpose flour; divided
2	tb	Sugar
1	ts	Salt
6	tb	Butter; softened
6	tb	Heavy cream
4		Egg yolks
1/2	pk	(6-oz) Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1		Egg; beaten

INSTRUCTIONS

In small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water; set aside for l0 minutes. Add
3/4 cup flour; knead until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise in
warm place for 1 hour. In large bowl, combine remaining 2 cups flour, sugar
and salt; make well in center. Add butter, heavy cream and egg yolks to
well; mix until dough forms a ball. On lightly floured board, knead dough
until smooth and elastic (about 5 minutes). Knead in yeast mixture. Knead
in Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate morsels. Reserve 1/4 of dough;
set aside. Form remaining dough into ball; place in buttered 8-inch glass
brioche mold.  If a metal brioche mold is used, raise oven temperature to
375 degrees.  Make deep depression in center of dough. Roll remaining 1/4
of dough into ball. Press into center of dough in mold. Pat topknot to
shape evenly. Cover with cloth; let rise in warm place until doubled in
bulk (about 1 hour). Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush bread with beaten
egg. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes. Cover with foil. Bake 15
minutes longer. Remove from mold; cool on wire rack. Serve warm. Makes one
brioche.
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