Pain Au Chocolat Recipe | Chocolate Croissants

dark chocolate

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate with lower sugar

💰Cheaper: semi-sweet chocolate

Semi-sweet chocolate is often more affordable and still provides a rich flavor.

butter

🥗Healthier: margarine

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil can be a cost-effective substitute for butter in dough.

Add 250 milliliters milk to a bowl.

Combine with 50 grams granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon dry yeast.

Let it rest for about 2 minutes until the yeast is activated.

Add 400 grams of flour in 2 or 3 batches.

After the first batch, add 10 grams of room temperature unsalted butter and season with salt.

Continue kneading the dough until formed; if too sticky, add more flour.

Place the dough on a slightly floured surface, cover with plastic wrap, and let it rise at room temperature until doubled in size for about 1 hour.

Remove the dough from the bowl and transfer it to a well-floured surface; punch it down.

Form a dough ball using a rolling pin, mark it into four quarters.

Roll each quarter out and add 150 grams of unsalted butter in the center.

Using your fingers, press the butter and fold the dough like an envelope, ensuring the butter is completely wrapped.

Sprinkle some flour on top, roll it again, and fold it.

Cover with plastic wrap and transfer it to the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Remove the dough from the fridge and transfer it to a well-floured surface; sprinkle some flour on top.

Start rolling the dough into a rectangle; use more flour if the dough is too sticky.

Cut the dough in half lengthwise, then cut each half into small rectangles.

Add chocolate bars on top before cutting each small rectangle to match the size of the chocolate bar.

Roll each piece into a croissant shape.

Transfer them to a prepared baking pan lined with parchment paper.

Cover with a kitchen towel and let them rise for 30 to 40 minutes.

Using a fork, beat 1 egg and brush each croissant with it for color.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Bake the croissants for 20 minutes.

Transfer them to a cooling rack and let them cool a little bit before serving.

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