Crescent Rolls - Homemade Buttery Crescent Rolls Recipe - Ellen’s Thanksgiving Series 🍞

butter

🥗Healthier: margarine

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Margarine can lower saturated fat, while oil is often less expensive.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk is lower in calories, while water is cost-effective.

Prep dry ingredients by measuring 2 and 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour into a large bowl.

Add 3 tablespoons of white sugar, 2 teaspoons of instant dry yeast, and 1 and 1/4 teaspoons of table salt to the flour and whisk until well incorporated.

Cut 1 cup (2 sticks or 16 tablespoons) of cold unsalted butter into cubes and add to the flour mixture.

Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs the size of peas.

In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup of water, 1/2 cup of evaporated milk, and 1 extra-large egg, mixing until well blended.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until a ball forms.

Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Dust the work surface with flour, add the chilled dough, and roll it out to a rough rectangle about 1/2 inch thick.

Fold the dough into thirds like a letter, turn 90 degrees, and fold again. Repeat this process 3 to 5 times.

Cover the dough again with plastic wrap and refrigerate for another 30 minutes.

Dust the work surface with flour, take the chilled dough, and cut it into three equal portions.

Roll each portion into a long rectangle about 1/8 inch thick, 16 inches long, and 5 inches wide.

Cut the rolled dough into triangles using a pizza cutter or knife.

Starting at the wide end of each triangle, roll it up, tucking the pointy end under to form a crescent shape.

Place the crescent rolls on a 9 by 13 inch baking pan lined with parchment paper and cover loosely with plastic wrap.

Let the rolls proof in a warm place (like an oven with the pilot light on) for 1 hour until doubled in size.

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Bake the crescent rolls for 10 minutes until golden brown.

Brush the baked rolls with additional melted butter before serving.

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