CROISSANT Recipe | Hand Laminated Croissant

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: margarine

💰Cheaper: vegetable shortening

Margarine reduces saturated fat, while shortening is often less expensive.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: bread flour

Whole wheat adds fiber, while bread flour can enhance texture.

In a mixing bowl, combine the bread flour, sugar, instant dry yeast, and salt.

Add the milk and unsalted butter to the dry ingredients and mix until a dough forms.

Knead the dough until smooth and elastic, then let it rise until doubled in size.

Roll out the dough and incorporate the butter block through a lamination process.

Fold and roll the dough multiple times to create layers.

Cut the dough into triangles and shape them into croissants.

Allow the shaped croissants to proof until puffy.

Brush with egg yolk for egg wash before baking.

Bake in a preheated oven until golden brown.

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