Blueberry brioche buns – the perfect delicious breakfast treat that can be prepared the night before and enjoyed fresh in the morning.
Blueberry brioche buns
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 – cinnamon bread, cinnamon buns – but last 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 was all that keen on me using his precious frozen blueberries but I am glad I stole a few from his stash.
I made up the dough on Christmas Eve, let it have its first rise then 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?
Blueberry brioche buns
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I don’t know if I have a Christmas morning ritual! Maybe I need to get one-now you’ve made me think! :D
Oh yes everyone needs one!
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
Yes it’s always a little rushed but so worth it!
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. :)
There’s always this year Maureen!