Recipe of Perfect Croissants

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Allow to stand until creamy and frothy. If most of the flour isn't moistened with. 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.

Croissants is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Croissants is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook croissants using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Croissants:

1. Make ready 1 cup warm milk
2. Get 1 teaspoon sugar
3. Make ready 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
4. Take 1 tablespoon yeast
5. Get 4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
6. Make ready 1 cup flour
7. Take 1/2 teaspoon salt
8. Get 3/4 cup milk, room temperature
9. Make ready 3 tablespoons sugar
10. Take 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
11. Take 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
12. Get 1/4 cup sugar
13. Prepare 1/4 cup lukewarm water
14. Make ready 1 egg, beaten
15. Make ready 1 cup milk
16. Take 1/2 cup butter melted and cooled
17. Prepare 1/2 cup heavy cream
18. Make ready 4 cups flour
19. Take 1 egg
20. Prepare 1 cup cold butter
21. Prepare 1 tablespoon water
22. Prepare 1 egg, beaten with cold water
23. Make ready food color
24. Prepare food color

One bite of this delicate French pastry will immediately transport you to a quaint French bakery. I'm confident in this homemade croissants recipe and I'm confident in YOU baking them. Croissants are made with a laminated dough, which involves folding butter into the dough multiple times to create alternating layers. This is different from other baked goods that cream the butter with the sugar and flour.

Instructions to make Croissants:

1. Stir warm milk and sugar together. Add yeast. Let stand 10 minutes. Stir well. Add flour; beat well. Add milk, sugar and egg. Beat until smooth. Add butter; beat and set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, place the 4 cups of flour and the chilled butter. Cut butter into flour until pieces are the size of beans (not too small). Pour the liquid batter into the flour mixture; stir until moistened. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight
3. Combine 2 cups of the flour with the salt and sugar in a mixing bowl. Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm water (100 degrees F/38 degrees C) and set aside until frothy, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, warm the milk and the heavy cream to lukewarm. Add the yeast, milk, and cream to the flour mixture and stir well. The dough will have a batter-like consistency
4. Remove from refrigerator. Press into a compact ball on a floured board and divide into 4 parts. Roll each into a circle 12"or 16". Cut each circle into 6 or 8 pie-shaped wedges. For each croissant roll a wedge towards the point.Shape into a crescent and place on ungreased baking sheet.
5. Stir in the remaining 2 cups of flour 1/4 cup at a time to form a soft dough. It should no longer be sticky. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth, about 5 minutes. Place the dough in a mixing bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour
6. Let rise at room temperature until doubled.(May take 2 hours or more). Brush each with egg beaten with cold water. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place croissants in oven. Lower temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for 15 - 20 minutes until golden
7. To begin the rolling and folding process, both the butter and the dough should be at a cool room temperature. [See Cook's Note.] Place the dough on a floured surface and roll it into a 10-inch square. Set the block of butter diagonally on the square dough. Bring each point of dough to the center of the butter square; the edges of the dough should overlap. Pinch the edges together to seal
8. Starting from the center of the square and working outward, use a rolling pin to roll the dough out into a rectangle. The butter should be pliable enough to roll smoothly with the dough; if it's too soft and starts to ooze out the corners, wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate before proceeding. Roll the dough into a long rectangle, approximately 8 by 18 inches. Fold the length of dough into thirds, like a business letter
9. If the dough is still cool, you can continue with another fold. Otherwise, wrap it in plastic and refrigerate for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it warm up for about 10 minutes before you begin rolling it out again
10. Position the dough so that the open ends are at 12 and 6 o'clock. Roll the dough into a rectangle, working from the center of the dough and pressing outwards. Reposition the dough as necessary to fit your work space. You should have a long rectangle for the "book fold." Fold both ends of the dough into the middle; the ends don't have to be touching, but should be close. Fold the already-folded dough in half; it will look like a thick book. Wrap the dough well with plastic and refrigerate for 1hr
11. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it rest at room temperature for about 20 minutes. Roll the dough into a rectangle again and fold it into thirds, like a business letter. Wrap it in plastic and refrigerate for 4-6 hours or overnight.
12. To shape the croissants, roll the dough into a 10- by 38-inch rectangle on a lightly floured work surface. It should be about 1/4 inch thick. Use a pizza wheel or sharp paring knife to trim the edges of the dough. Divide the rectangle in half so that you have two 5-inch wide strips of dough. Use a clean yardstick to mark each strip into triangles that are 5 inches wide at their bases. Cut the triangles and place them onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Chill for 15 to 20 minutes, if necessary
13. Starting at the base of the triangle, roll the dough up into a log; the tip of the triangle should be under the body of the croissant to prevent it from unraveling. Bend in the corners to form the traditional crescent shape. Repeat with the remaining dough

Croissants are made with a laminated dough, which involves folding butter into the dough multiple times to create alternating layers. This is different from other baked goods that cream the butter with the sugar and flour. When baked, the butter melts and creates steam, which causes the glorious layers to spring up. The notch helps the rolled croissant curl into a crescent. Croissants are a classic French pastry, rolled and shaped into a crescent.

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