Make your own classic croissants for breakfast
Ingredients
Dough
- 500 g flour
- 55 g brown sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 10 g dry yeast
- 30 g butter
- 180 ml milk
- 100 ml water
- 250 g butter, soft, for rolling out
For Brush
- ½ lemon
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp water
Utensils
- parchment paper
- baking sheet
- bowl
- cling film
- rolling pin
- knife
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients for the dough.
- Melt the butter, stir in the warm milk and water.
- Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients, knead quickly into a soft and sticky dough.
- Bowl Cover with cling film and place in the fridge for 10 to 12 hours.
- To roll out, roll out the softened butter between two sheets of baking paper to form a 20cm square.
- Place in the fridge for about 20-30 minutes until firm
- Take the dough out of the fridge and roll out into a square about 30 cm.
- Put the cooled butter on top.
- Tightly wrap the edges of the dough into an envelope so that the butter is completely covered.
- Press the edges together.
- Roll out the dough into a thin rectangle of approx. 65 cm x 20 cm.
- Divide the dough into three equal portions.
- Bend the lower third towards the middle and cover with the upper third.
- Dough in this way for 1 hour in the cow Put in the cupboard.
- Take out again, roll out thinly again.
- Repeat the folding step, put in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Repeat the process.
- After the third rolling out, put the dough in the fridge overnight .
- The next day, roll out the dough into a rectangle with a side length of 60 and 20 cm.
- Cut into 6 identical rectangles, then divide diagonally into 2 triangles.
- Starting from the wider edge, roll out the triangles into croissants.
- Place the croissants on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- Squeeze the juice from the lemon to glaze.
- Mix thoroughly with the egg and water until smooth.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Spread the croissants with the lemon mixture , leave to rise in a warm place for 35-40 minutes.
- Grush the croissants with egg again and place in the oven.
- Bake for about 18-20 minutes until golden.
- Remove the croissants from the oven and serve warm or cold.