Brioche swirls

Ingredients

• 500 g wheat flour
• 25 g fresh yeast
• 100 ml lukewarm milk
• 100 g sugar
• 100 g butter, at room temperature
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Powdered sugar, to decorate

Step-by-step preparation

1. In a bowl, dissolve the fresh yeast in the lukewarm milk.
2. Add the flour, sugar, butter, eggs, salt and vanilla extract.
3. Knead until you have a smooth, soft dough.
4. Leave the dough to rise in a warm place for 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
5. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
6. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin to about 1 cm thick.
7. Cut the dough into strips 2 cm wide.
8. Roll each strip into a spiral.
9. Place the swirls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
10. Let them rest for 15 minutes.
11. Bake for 15–20 minutes, until golden.
12. Let them cool before dusting with powdered sugar.