Date Brioche Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 and a half cups flour
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup yogurt
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 small spoon vinegar or liquid vanilla
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 100 grams butter
• A pinch of salt
• Filling:
• 500 grams dates
• 2 tablespoons soft butter
• A pinch of cinnamon
• A pinch of ground anise
• A handful of chopped walnuts - optional
• Glaze:
• 1 egg + 1 tablespoon milk + 1 teaspoon vinegar
• or
• liquid vanilla + a pinch of Nescafe
• For decoration:
• Sesame seeds

Method

1. Mix the dry ingredients, then start adding the liquid ingredients gradually and knead everything together until you get a cohesive dough
2. Let it rest for one hour
3. Meanwhile, prepare the filling... mix the butter, cinnamon, anise, and walnuts with the pitted dates (grind the dates first if they are not soft)
4. Divide the dough into equal balls... then roll each piece with a rolling pin into a round shape
5. Take a piece of the date filling and shape it lengthwise into a rope or finger
6. Wrap the dough around the date piece to make a roll... then join the ends together to get a round brioche piece with an empty center
7. Repeat the same method with all the dough pieces
8. With a knife, cut the outer edges of the dough (as shown in the picture) so the piece looks like a flower
9. Brush the top of the dough with the glaze mixture and sprinkle with sesame seeds
10. Let the pieces rest again for 15 minutes
    Timers: 15 min
11. Line the tray with parchment paper or grease it with a little oil and place the brioche on it
12. Bake in a 180°C oven for 30 minutes or according to your oven's strength.. then brown the top
    Timers: 30 min
13. Serve the brioche at room temperature
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