Easiest Brioche

• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
• 8 tablespoons butter, cold and cut into chunks
• 3 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/3 cup water

1. Combine dry ingredients in workbowl of food processor. Process for five seconds.
2. Add butter and 3 whole eggs. Process for 10 seconds.
3. With the machine running, pour, don't drizzle, 1/2 cup milk and 1/3 cup water into the mixture. Process for 30 seconds.
4. The dough will be very wet and sticky, almost like a batter.
5. Grease a large bowl with butter and scrape the dough into it. Cover with plastic and let the dough rise 2-3 hours, until doubled.
6. Deflate the dough, shape into loaves (using only a little flour to coat your hands) and place in 2 buttered 8x4" loaf pans for two smallish loaves.
7. Alternatively, use one 5x9" loaf pan for a single big loaf.
8. Let rise one hour.
9. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Mix reserved 2 tbs milk and egg yolk and brush the tops of the loaves with this mixture. Bake the brioche for about 30 minutes, until slightly browned.

allpurpose, salt, sugar, yeast, butter, eggs, egg yolk, milk, milk, water

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/easiest-brioche-299805 (may not work)