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Easy croissant recipe

Easy Croissants Recipe

Easy Croissants Recipe will help you make the best homemade croissants in a more easy way.
5 from 8 votes
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Proofing and freezing time 4 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 5 hours 32 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine French
Servings 24 Triangular croissant sheet
Calories 128 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 400 g Flour
  • 260 ml Milk
  • 180-200 g Butter unsalted
  • 4 tbsp Sugar 60 gms
  • 1/4 tsp Salt :1/4 Tsp
  • 1 tsp Yeast Active dry yeast/Instant yeast

For egg wash

  • 1 Egg
  • 1 tsp Milk

Instructions
 

  • PREPARE THE PASTRY SHEET
  • (1)Prepare the dough
    Activate the dry yeast by dissolving 260 ml warm milk ,4 Tbsp sugar and 1 tsp active dry yeast.
    Add 1/4 Tsp Salt into 400 gms of flour.
    Blend together the wet and the dry ingredients in a large bowl until we get a homogenous evenly hydrated dough.

    (2)First Proofing
    Cover the dough with a plastic film and Let the dough sit and rise for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the dough get doubled in size.
    After proofing,Degas the dough and divide the dough into 12 equal pieces.
    Roll each piece of dough into the shape of a disc which is approximately 16-18 cm in diameter and not more than 2 mm in thickness.

    (3)Layer butter on each disc.
    Place the disc on a plastic film and repeat the same process for the next piece and stack them over the previous disc and continue the same with rest of the divided dough pieces.
    As butter is very soft now, we need to freeze them for 30- 35 minutes;so that the butter will not be very soft and will be pliable and it will be easy for us to work with the dough.
    Roll them into long rectangular sheet.
    With the help of a knife or a pizza cutter,cut them into smaller triangles.
    Shape them into croissants.

PROOF THE SHAPED CROISSANTS for 2 hours or until they puff up a little.

    BAKE THE CROISSANTS

    • Give another egg wash and Bake it at 400 F for 10 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 375 F and bake for another 8-12 minutes.
      After baking we will get a beautifully caramelized golden brown,flakey,buttery,delicious croissants.
       Now you can make bakery type croissants in a very easy method.
      Happy Baking!

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