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Croissants is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Croissants is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Guests didn't know I made them until I told them. In addition to serving breakfast, lunch, brunch and delicious pastries and desserts, Croissants also specializes in wedding cakes, special event cakes and catering. Croissants are a common part of a continental breakfast in many European countries.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook croissants using 11 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Croissants:
- Take 1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
- Get 3 tablespoons warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- Get 1 teaspoon white sugar
- Get 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- Prepare 2 teaspoons white sugar
- Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- Make ready 2/3 cup warm milk
- Make ready 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Take 2/3 cup unsalted butter, chilled
- Take 1 egg
- Take 1 tablespoon water
However, I would not recommend freezing unbaked croissants or croissant dough. Although many bread doughs can be frozen after their first rise, there is a. Place shaped croissants on baking sheets lined with silicone mats. Uncover and remove glasses from baking sheets; brush croissants lightly with remaining egg mixture (reserving remaining for second piece of dough).
Steps to make Croissants:
- Combine yeast, warm water, and 1 teaspoon sugar.
- Allow to stand until creamy and frothy.
- Measure flour into a mixing bowl.
- Dissolve 2 teaspoons sugar and salt in warm milk.
- Blend into flour along with yeast and oil.
- Mix well; knead until smooth.
- Cover, and let rise until over triple in volume, about 3 hours. Deflate gently, and let rise again until doubled, about another 3 hours. Deflate and chill 20 minutes.
- Massage butter until pliable, but not soft and oily.
- Pat dough into a 14x8-inch rectangle. Smear butter over top two thirds, leaving 1/4-inch margin all around. Fold unbuttered third over middle third, and buttered top third down over that.
- Turn 90 degrees, so that folds are to left and right. Roll out to a 14x6-inch rectangle. Fold in three again.
- Sprinkle lightly with flour, and put dough in a plastic bag. Refrigerate 2 hours. Unwrap, sprinkle with flour, and deflate gently. Roll to a 14x6-inch rectangle, and fold again. Turn 90 degrees, and repeat. Wrap, and chill 2 hours.
- To shape, roll dough out to a 20x5-inch rectangle. Cut in half crosswise, and chill half while shaping the other half. Roll out to a 15 x 5 inch rectangle.
- Cut into three 5 x 5 inch squares. Cut each square in half diagonally. Roll each triangle lightly to elongate the point, and make it 7 inches long. Grab the other 2 points, and stretch them out slightly as you roll it up.
- Place on a baking sheet, curving slightly. Let shaped croissants rise until puffy and light. In a small bowl, beat together egg and 1 tablespoon water. Glaze croissants with egg wash.
- Bake in a preheated 475 degrees F (245 degrees C) oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool. In addition to serving breakfast, lunch, brunch and delicious pastries and desserts, Croissants also specializes in wedding cakes, special event cakes and catering. Known in France as croissants de boulanger, this yeasted dough is layered with butter and given a succession of folds that create the distinctive profile of classic croissants. Light and airy and shatteringly crisp, with a deeply caramelized buttery flavor, these croissants are a labor of love that's absolutely worth the time. The croissant is the most celebrated member of the family of butter- and sugar-enriched, yeasted pastries known as viennoiseries.
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