Chocolate chip brioche rolls

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Baking is such a great way to express gratitude to someone when being invited to their home. You can make most recipes MILES cheaper than shop bought and they usually taste a lot better fresh from the oven too! These chocolate chip brioche rolls are soft, fluffy, delicious and super tasty when freshly made.

I love to cook and bake. I may not be the most skilful, or most artistic, but I really enjoy it. 

There are some recipes that are ridiculously lengthy to make and can almost feel like a chore. Croissants, bread, chocolate chip brioche rolls, panettone and Christmas cake are just a few that spring to mind.

I have a lovely *Panasonic SD-2501 breadmaker that makes all of the above recipes a doddle. After a remark from my husband recently about chocolate chip brioche rolls I decided to make up a batch of dough.

If you want to get started right away then scroll near the end of the post for my chocolate chip brioche rolls recipe card.

I love my breadmaker. It is fantastic and a real workhorse that can make bread, jam, cakes, pizza dough and much more. The recipe that I have followed is actually the one found in the Panasonic handbook that comes with the breadmaker. You can make these by hand too, but you’ll need to do the mixing yourself.

Ingredients for choc chip brioche rolls:

1 1/2 teaspoons of yeast

400g strong white flour

4 tablespoons of white sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons of salt

70g butter cut into small cubes and kept chilled until the last second

3 medium beaten eggs

90ml milk

15ml rum (1 tablespoon) (optional)

Reserved for later 50g of butter (cubed and chilled) and 120g chocolate chips

Method for Panasonic chocolate chip brioche rolls:

Place all of the ingredients into the Panasonic Breadmaker and turn on to setting 23. During cooking the machine beeps for the extra butter to be added. After 1 hour and 50 minutes total time, the dough is ready to use.

I pressed the dough down lightly to remove air, then I wrapped it in clingfilm and chilled for 20 minutes in the fridge. Once the dough was chilled I shaped it into a 25 x 30cm rectangle.

I sprinkled the chocolate chips over all of the dough. Then I then folded the bottom one-third of dough up and the top third down. Then I folded the dough in half.

This part was simple for me as it was really the same method you follow when making butter croissants.

I rested the dough for 10-15 minutes, at room temperature. Then I pressed it lightly again, to remove the air, before diving into 12 rolls. I’m a fan of using a *dough scraper to cut the dough. I cut them into 12 pieces and then just lightly moulded them into rolls. Then I rested them for another 10-15 minutes.

I placed the rolls onto baking trays lined with *baking tray liners. Then I glazed my chocolate chip brioche rolls with egg wash and then dusted some of them with cinnamon. Finally, I proved the rolls at 40C for 30 minutes before I baked them for 17 minutes at 180C.

We love these choc chip brioche rolls

These chocolate chip brioche rolls were a hit in my home and they are ideal for freezing too. You can bake ahead to impress your friends. I love my breadmaker as it makes life so simple for me and allows me to make impressive bakes for my friends and family.

I never achieve a perfect look with my bakes but the taste is good. That is alright with me!

Is brioche healthy?

No. It is made with lots of butter!

What to do with chocolate chip brioche rolls?

If you’ve got some leftover brioche rolls they are delicious when made into a brioche bread & butter pudding. Also you can sprinkle with a little water and give them a few minutes in a hot oven if you want to bring them back to life a little.

How to serve, eat or do with chocolate chip brioche rolls?

They are delicious as they are. My daughter loves them with butter and chocolate spread inside.

We’ve also cut up these brioche rolls and made a french toast with them. Mix up one egg, a splash of milk, a pinch of cinnamon and a little sugar. Whisk it together. Dip your sliced roll in and then fry lightly. Yum!

Chocolate chip brioche rolls recipe:

Note: All calorie information is for demonstration purposes only and is based on the specific uncooked ingredients that I used when creating the recipe.

Products I use when making my chocolate chip brioche rolls:

Like this chocolate chip brioche rolls recipe? Fancy trying another one of my recipes? Here are some great ones:

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Cheap banana bread

Nutribullet iced coffee

Super easy salted caramel sauce

Chocolate chip muffins

Soft floury white rolls

Dairy free oat biscuits [DF, GF, SF]

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