Blueberry brioche buns make the perfect delicious breakfast treat.
They can be prepared the night before and enjoyed fresh in the morning.
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Our Christmas breakfast tradition for years and years involved warm croissants and fresh summer fruit.
Then I became baking obsessed.
As soon as I learned to make bread, I insisted on being in charge of the pastry/sweet element of Christmas morning.
There is usually a cinnamon theme. We've had cinnamon bread, cinnamon buns - but one year I thought I’d venture out of my comfort zone.
Ok I didn’t exactly take a giant leap, but blueberry brioche buns were something different.
I don’t know that my little man (now my eldest of 3) was all that keen on me using his precious frozen blueberries.
I'm glad I stole a few from his stash though.
I made up the dough on Christmas Eve and let it have its first rise.
Then I shaped the buns, covered them and popped them in the fridge.
If you like this recipe you might also like to try the Orange and saffron brioche buns
As soon as I got up on Christmas morning (I still wake up at the crack of dawn like a 5 year old) I put them out on the bench for their final rise then baked as usual.
I think you can also freeze the dough at the point where I put them in the fridge but they’d need a bit of time to defrost which I’d do in the fridge.
There was still a cinnamon aroma wafting from the kitchen when my family arrived but with the added scent of almonds roasting on top.
They were the perfect accompaniment to our fruit selection, nice and soft and buttery but not too sweet. I’m already dreaming up different combinations for them.
I think a choc-cinnamon version would go down rather well.
Enjoy!
What about you? What’s your Christmas morning tradition?
Recipe
Blueberry brioche buns
Ingredients
- 60 ml ¼ cup lukewarm milk
- 60 g ¼ cup caster sugar
- 2 teaspoon dried yeast
- 300 g 2 cups bakers flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 free-range eggs lightly whisked
- 125 g 4.5ozbutter, at room temperature, cut into 1.5cm pieces
- 100 g ½ cup, firmly packed brown sugar
- 75 g ½ cup frozen blueberries
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar extra
- 35 g ⅓ cup flaked almonds
Instructions
- In the bowl of an electric mixer with the dough hook attached, combine the milk, caster sugar, yeast, flour, salt and egg and mix until everything comes together.
- Increase the speed to medium and knead until the dough is smooth (about 5 minutes).
- With the mixer running, add two pieces of butter and knead them in. Continue with the remainder of the butter then knead until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Lightly butter a large bowl, shape the dough into a ball and place it in the bowl then cover with plastic wrap and set aside until it has doubled in size (about an hour).
- Punch down the dough.
- Lightly flour your bench then roll the dough out to a rectangle measuring 60x40cm.
- Sprinkle the dough with the brown sugar and blueberries then roll tightly from the long side.
- Place cupcake cases in a 12-hole muffin tin.
- Cut the roll of dough into 12 pieces and place each one, cut side up/down in a case.
- Cover the tray with plastic wrap and set aside to almost double in size again while the oven pre-heats to 180C (390F) fan-forced.
- If you want to refrigerate or freeze the dough for later, place it in the fridge as soon as the rolls are in the tray.
- In a small bowl, mix together the egg white, extra sugar and almonds then drizzle over the risen rolls.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
- Serve the buns warm or at room temperature (I think warm is best).
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says
I don't know if I have a Christmas morning ritual! Maybe I need to get one-now you've made me think! :D
Claire says
Oh yes everyone needs one!
Hotly Spiced says
These look like they turned out so well. How lovely for your family to walk into your home to the aroma of freshly baked brioche! Wonderful. We don't do a lot for breakfast on Christmas Day especially if we're already running late for church! xx
Claire says
Yes it's always a little rushed but so worth it!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
I'm so impressed with these buns. We don't have a tradition. This year we had homemade muffins, smoked salmon, sour cream, caviar and dill with a side of fresh fruit. Your brioche buns filled with blueberries would have been better. :)
Claire says
There's always this year Maureen!