croissant-icon Croissant Recipes

perfect croissants

Waking up to a warm pastry and a hot cup of coffee or tea is one of lifeā€™s simple pleasures. Thereā€™s nothing like it. Except maybe when itā€™s filled with chocolate! Breaking apart freshly made croissants, watching the steam escape is just something you wonā€™t get from anything store-bought! Ok maybe at a fancy bakery or local cafe, but if youā€™re ready to learn all the tips and tricks in your own kitchen, stick with me!

Simple Butter Croissant Recipe!

Itā€™s a bit of a process, yes, but this recipe will guide you every step of the way. And of course be sure to take your time and donā€™t rush. Even if they donā€™t turn out the first time as you would like, they will still taste delicious.

Ingredients

Process

  1. In the bowl of the stand mixer, whisk together flour, yeast and sugar, then add water and milk. Using the hook attachment, knead the dough for 5 minutes. It will be sticky.

  2. Cover and let sit at room temperature for about 1 hour. If your butter is in the fridge take it out and let it soften up.

  3. On a lightly floured surface, punch the dough down and form into a ball. Place in a clean bowl, cover and refrigerate for another hour.

  4. Remove from the fridge and roll into a rectangle. Spread softened butter over 2/3 of the dough leaving a 1/4ā€³ border. Fold the unbuttered third over to meet the middle. Fold the buttered side on top to meet the outer side of the first fold.

  5. Rotate the dough and roll again into the same size rectangle and repeat the fold.

  6. Place in the fridge for 30 minutes before folding again in the same way and refrigerating one last time for one last 30 minutes.

  7. Roll it into a rectangle, trim the edges to make it even. If you are making pain au chocolat, place a stick of chocolate on the edge of the rectangle and roll it up.

  8. For traditional croissants, cut the rectangle into triangles. Stretch it a bit and taking the wider end of the dough, roll it from the bottom to the tip.

  9. Place either pain or chocolat or croissants onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, cover with a clean towel, and let rise for about 1 hour.

  10. Preheat the oven and sprinkle the dough with a bit of granulated sugar if desired. Bake and allow to cool on the baking sheet before moving them to a cooling rack.
See other easy croissant recipesšŸ‘©ā€šŸ³ See other easy pastry recipesšŸ‘©ā€šŸ³