Description
Learn how to make homemade buttery, flaky croissants from scratch! This step-by-step guide covers everything from creating laminated dough to achieving the perfect golden-brown crust. Whether you love classic French pastries or want to try sweet or savory variations, this recipe is a must-try!
Ingredients
Scale
3 ½ cups all-purpose or bread flour
1 cup unsalted butter (for laminating)
2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast
1 cup warm milk
¼ cup water
¼ cup sugar
1 ½ tsp salt
1 egg (for egg wash)
Instructions
- Prepare the Dough: Mix flour, yeast, sugar, salt, milk, and water. Knead until smooth. Let rest.
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- Make the Butter Block: Flatten butter into a square.
- Laminate the Dough: Encase butter, roll, fold, and chill multiple times.
- Shape the Croissants: Cut dough into triangles and roll into crescents.
- Proof: Let shaped croissants rise until puffy.
- Bake: Brush with egg wash and bake at 375°F (190°C) until golden brown.
Notes
- Keep butter and dough cold for best layering.
- Freeze unbaked croissants for later use.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes (excluding resting)
- Resting Time: 6 hours
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Pastry
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 croissant
- Calories: 280 kcal
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 50mg