Queen Isabelle’s sweet brioche bread from Quimper

Ingredients

• 400 grs of flour
• 1/4 litre of whole milk
• 2 large eggs
• Vanilla cream
• 2 sachets of baker’s yeast
• 100g brown sugar
• 150g of butter 1/2 soft salt
• Salt
• Rum (according to the flavour of each person)
• 1 handful of dried fruit of your choice (chopped figs, raisins, apricots, etc.)

Recipe

1. Warm the milk, incorporate the yeast and vanilla sugar.
2. Also mix the flour, sugar, butter, eggs and salt.
3. Add the milk/leavening mix
4. Knead until you have a smooth, elastic dough.
5. Add the dried fruit and 6 tablespoons of rum.
6. Serve in a buttered and floured cake tin.
7. Leave to cook for 1h30 at room temperature.
8. Cook for 30 to 45 minutes at 180 degrees.
9. Keep an eye on the baking time.
10. Remove from the oven when the crust is golden brown and the inside is cooked (stick a knife in to check)
11. Leave to cool and enjoy!