Name: Foxtail Millet Cinnamon Brioche Loaf recipe by Swathi Joshnaa Sathish at BetterButter
Prep time: 300 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 355 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: For the Dough :; Whole Wheat Flour 1 cup; Foxtail millet flour 1 cup; Pink salt 1 teaspoon; Instant yeast 2 teaspoons; Lukewarm milk 4 tablespoons; sugar 1 teaspoon; Large eggs 2; Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon; Softened butter unsalted 4 tablespoons + 1.5 tablespoons + 1.5 tablespoons divided; For the Filling :; Honey 3 tablespoons or as preferred; Cinnamon powder 1.5 tablespoon or as preferred; Pistachio chopped 2 to 3 tablespoons; Other Ingredients :; Butter unsalted softened 1 tablespoon for brushing; For honey butter paste :; Butter unsalted softened 2 tablespoons; Honey 2 tablespoons

Ingredients Serving: 10

For the Dough :
Whole Wheat Flour 1 cup
Foxtail millet flour 1 cup
Pink salt 1 teaspoon
Instant yeast 2 teaspoons
Lukewarm milk 4 tablespoons
sugar 1 teaspoon
Large eggs 2
Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon
Softened butter unsalted 4 tablespoons + 1.5 tablespoons + 1.5 tablespoons divided
For the Filling :
Honey 3 tablespoons or as preferred
Cinnamon powder 1.5 tablespoon or as preferred
Pistachio chopped 2 to 3 tablespoons
Other Ingredients :
Butter unsalted softened 1 tablespoon for brushing
For honey butter paste :
Butter unsalted softened 2 tablespoons
Honey 2 tablespoons

Instructions

In a bowl , take 4 tablespoons lukewarm milk . Add 2 teaspoons instant yeast to it .
Add 1 teaspoon sugar . Mix and keep aside until solution blooms and turns frothy .
Whisk 2 large eggs in a bowl . Keep aside .
Take 1 cup whole wheat flour in a wide bowl . Add 1 cup foxtail millet flour to the bowl .
Break the lumps with finger tips until flour looks smooth .
Add 1 teaspoon pink salt .
Mix the ingredients and make a well in the centre .
Add the frothy yeast mixture to the centre .
Give a quick mix . Then add the whisked eggs .
Add a teaspoon vanilla essence .
Knead the dough . Add 4 tablespoons softened unsalted butter.
Knead to a smooth dough . Initially dough will be sticky . Knead until smooth for 10 to 12 minutes.
Cover and rest the smooth dough for 40 minutes .
After 40 minutes , dough has risen to some extent .
Punch , knock the air out from the dough . Knead for 5 minutes .
Grease 1.5 tablespoon softened unsalted butter throughout the dough .
Cover and rest the greased dough for 1.5 hours .
After 1.5 hours , dough has double in size .
Punch and knead dough for 3 minutes . Transfer the dough to a flour sprinkled work counter.
Spread the dough to a medium thickness rectangle using fingers as shown . Be gentle.
Spread 1.5 tablespoons softened butter throughout the dough .
Use a rolling pin to level the surface of the rectangular sheet .
Drizzle 3 tablespoons honey on the sheet .
Spread . Apply honey throughout the sheet .
Sprinkle 1.5 tablespoon or as preferred cinnamon powder throughout the sheet .
Add chopped pistachios on top .
This is how it looks . Adjust honey and nuts as per taste .
Start rolling the sheet from down to up gently to form a log . Seal the ends .
Log is done .
Leave out the head . Hold head . Start cutting the dough in the middle as shown . One head two
Tail like structure . Could see the layers .
Start braiding gently in opposites . Braid with small equal segment till end . Level up .
Take a loaf tin lined with a parchment sheet.Transfer the braided dough to the tin. Brush with
softened butter. Make slight incisions on every segment .Cover and rest the dough for 1 hour .
After an hour , final proofing is done . See the dough has risen even better.
Prepare a smooth paste with 2 tablespoons butter +2 tablespoons honey . Brush this paste throughout
the dough . Bake in high ,in a preheated cooker for 30 minutes or until Brioche looks deep brown .
Preheating time 20 minutes medium to high. Our Brioche is baked gorgeously. Brush immediately with
Butter-honey paste . Foxtail Millet Cinnamon Brioche Loaf is ready . Allow to cool . Slice and
Serve warm . Relish this Cinnamon flavoured butter rich , highly nutritious Brioche Loaf .
Classic French Brioche Loaf in a organic millet way . Happy eating !

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