This recipe is a fun and tasty mix of two favourites ꟷ a brioche and a muffin, also called a bruffin.
It’s soft, buttery, and light, making it perfect for breakfast or a quick snack. To make it even better, we add a smooth and creamy avocado butter on the side. The avo butter is fresh, healthy, and full of flavour. These bruffins are easy to enjoy at home, on the go, or even at a picnic.
HOW TO MAKE BRUFFIN (BRIOCHE MUFFIN) WITH AVO BUTTER
Makes: 6
Preparation time: 35 minutes + rising
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
For the dough:
- 390 ml (1 ½ + 1 tbsp) bread flour
- 125 ml (½ cup) lukewarm milk +extra
- ½ X 10g packet instant yeast
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) sugar
- 2.5 ml (½ tsp) salt+ extra
- 1 egg
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) soft butter + extra
For the filling:
- ½ avocado, diced
- 200g crispy diced bacon
- 80 ml (1/3 cup) Feta, crumbled
- 45 ml (3 tbsp) sundried tomatoes in vinaigrette, drained and chopped
For the butter:
- 100g soft butter
- ½ avocado, chopped
Method:
- For the dough, heat 15 ml (1 tbsp) of the flour and 45 ml (3 tbsp) of the milk on medium heat in a small saucepan for about 3 minutes, while whisking, until a smooth paste forms.
- Combine the yeast, remaining 375ml (1 ½ cups) flour, sugar, and salt. Make a well in the centre. Add the remaining 80ml (1/3 cup) milk and egg, mix until just incorporated.
- Mix through the cooked flour paste and small knobs of the butter. Stir with a wooden spoon or in a kitchen mixer fitted with the dough hook for about 8 minutes or until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for about 2 hours or until double in volume.
- For the filling, roll the dough out into a 1cm thick rectangle. Evenly scatter over the filling. Roll up into a long log. Cut with a serrated knife into 6 pieces. Place, cut side up, in a greased jumbo muffin pan. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and rise for about 1 hour or until puffed.
- Preheat oven to 180 . Brush the bruffin tops with extra milk. Bake for about 25 minutes our until golden or cooked.
- For the butter, blitz the avocado until smooth. Beat in the butter and season with extra salt. Serve with the warm bruffins.
Optional:
- For extra shine, brush the bruffins with avocado or olive oil when they come out of the oven. Serve with extra avo.
* The image and recipe were sourced from The South African Avocado Growers’ Association