Impress your guests with these beautiful and delicious Holiday Brioche Rolls! They’re soft, buttery and fluffy!
Ok folks, it’s only ten days to the Christmas holiday and I am thinking you need a rich, sweet, little dinner roll to grace your holiday table. Am I right? I can see it now…a bread basket overflowing with beautiful dark, golden brown brioche buns right smackerooney in the middle of your holiday table! As my niece Erin would say, “are you buyin what I’m sellin??”
I know what you’re thinking… “is she CRAZY?? With all the things I have to make for dinner I have NO time to make homemade brioche rolls!” Oh, but dear readers YES you do because this recipe takes one hour from start to finito and they will be sitting pretty on your festive holiday table. They will be perfect with the ham, turkey, beef or whatever you choose to serve because they are YUMMY!! Sweet, tender and golden brown. Need I say more?
So this year forget the ordinary store-bought dinner rolls and impress your family with a homemade brioche roll they will always want to have on your holiday menu!
Holiday Brioche Rolls
Print Recipe Pin RecipeIngredients
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk, warmed to 110 degrees
- 2 1/2 Tbsp. sugar
- 2 Tbsp. instant yeast
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- Poppy seeds or sesame seeds for sprinkling on top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Stir warm milk, sugar, yeast, butter and one egg together in stand mixer. Add the flour and the salt and mix until combined. Change to a dough hook and knead for 7 minutes until the dough is nice and smooth. If the dough is too sticky add more flour by the tablespoonful. You should be able to stretch the dough without it breaking. It will still be somewhat sticky.
- Divide the dough into 12-14 pieces. Shape each into a ball and cup your hand over the ball on a lightly floured surface. Spin the dough in a circular motion until the ball is smooth. Place the balls on your parchment lined sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and a dish towel and let rise for 30 minutes. Wisk the remaining egg with 1 teaspoon water and brush the top of each roll with mixture. Sprinkle with either poppy seeds (as shown) or sesame seeds. Bake on middle rack of oven until golden brown, approximately 10-12 minutes.
Adapted from Portuguese Girl Cooks
Can’t wait to make these for sweet little Erin. She loves her Aunt Mare’s cookin’!!!
Lovely Brioche rolls. So appetizing!
These really look amazing. I think I could actually manage to make these! LOL
I was always scared of making breads, but these are really easy. I will also be doing a delicious pretzel roll on the blog too!
These look gorgeous!
Two questions from a non baker… when you “spin the dough in a circular motion,” are you spinning the ball in place, so that the outer edge of the dough grows tighter, or are you rolling the ball in your cupped hand just to get a rounder shape? Also, what attachment are you using in your mixer before you move to the dough hook?
Thank you so much Amy. I learned how to spin the dough when I worked in a bakery. You spin the dough ball to make it a nice smooth ball. You also use the dough hook the whole time. I hope you enjoy the rolls. I love making them in a larger size for hamburgers too!
Hi! Do you adjust the baking time if you make larger rolls for hamburgers?
They’d only be a bit larger than these, so perhaps by just a few minutes, maybe 4-5.
I just took a batch of these brioche rolls out of the oven, and they look and smell divine!
I loaded all the ingredients into my breadmaker, adjusting the dough with more flour until it seemed perfect/ slightly ‘tacky’. The dough only went go through the kneed cycle, then I formed the rolls, letting them rise 30 minutes and baked them off.
Thanks for this super recipe.It’s a KEEPER!
Yay Dolores!! I’m so happy you enjoy them! They are my go-to holiday rolls! I appreciate you taking the time to stop and leave a comment!
Oh. My. Goodness. These are the easiest, fastest, and best tasting brioche rolls ever!! I made them for our family Christmas celebration yesterday (my hubby has to work on Christmas so we celebrated a few days early) and my entire family raved over how delicious and fluffy they were. Your incredibly amazing recipe made me look like a baking genius — thank you!! 😊
I am soooo happy you love the recipe Diane! And thanks so much for taking the time to leave your comment and rating! Merry Christmas!!
Just made these rolls for a church function and then again for a family dinner — everyone thinks I’m the best baker ever thanks to this delicious roll recipe! Thank you for making me a hero to the recipients, MaryAnn!!
Awwww! That’s great to hear Diane! So happy they were enjoyed by all. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment and a rating!