other recipes to see if they were doing this differently. i looked through a book i have on breads and one thing struck me. it mentioned that for brioche, you could just mix all ingredients, like the recipe i used mentioned, however, the dough then needed to rise for 12 hours!!!!! 12 hours!!!! the recipe mentioned 2 hours! and i believe that this was the problem.
thus, i mix the ingredients, same ingredients, in a different way. and i have to say, the result is spectacular. the dough did rise, the bread looks like a bread and tastes fantastic too. now, remember, i used the same recipe as the day before 