Learn How to Make Your Own Croissants
Ingredients
- 2 cups strong bread flour
- 1 stick cold, unsalted butter, cubed
- ½ cup lukewarm milk
- 3 Tbsp sugar
- 7 grams active dry yeast
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 Tbsp milk
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Pour the flour and salt into a large, deep bowl. Mix, mix, mix.
Pour the yeast into a small bowl and add the lukewarm milk and sugar. Mix, mix, mix until the yeast dissolves
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Gently mix the butter into the flour mixture until it is the size of peas.
Pour the yeast mixture into the flour mixture and gently stir until a dough is formed. Don’tstir too hard. Shape the dough into a square and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for one hour.
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Dust your work surface and a rolling pin with flour. Roll the dough into a rectangle. Fold the shorter sides into the middle. Fold the top and bottom like a pouch.
Flip the dough such that the seams are underneath. Repeat the rolling and folding 4-5 times. Wrap the dough and refrigerate overnight.
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On a lightly floured surface, roll a out dough into a rectangle about 10 inches by 16 inches. Cut the dough into 10 triangles with a pizza cutter. Shape into croissants. Keep on a parchment paper and let the croissant rise for 3-4 hours.
Preheat the oven to 450 F. Egg wash the croissants
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Bake the croissants for 7 minutes. Reduce temperature to 375 F and bake for 14 more minutes until golden brown
