"Thousand Layer" Chocolate Brioche
This pastry is light, buttery, and filled with rich chocolate, much like a chocolate croissant, only this version is braided and twisted to make a nice muffin sized treat.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup warm whole milk
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- ⅓ cup white granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon fine salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, very soft
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter for laminating dough
- ½ cup dark chocolate chunks
- 1 large whole egg for brushing
- coarse sea salt
- white granulated sugar