Delicious & Easy 🥐🍫 Pain Au Chocolat ❤️

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.

In a bowl, whisk the warm water, yeast, and a pinch of sugar together and let it rest until fluffy for 5-7 min.

In a large bowl, put flour, the remaining sugar, salt, milk, egg, and the activated yeast. Mix them well until combined for about 3-4 minutes.

Add the room temp butter and knead the dough by stand mixer or hand for 7-8 minutes.

In a medium measuring cup, stir the hot water and cocoa powder together and let it cool.

Take 1/5 of the dough into a medium bowl and combine it gently with the cooled cacao mixture by kneading until combined well.

Cover both the base dough and chocolate layer dough bowls with kitchen towels or plastic wrap and let them sit for 60-75 minutes until they rise twice in size.

Place the doughs onto a lightly floured surface and divide the chocolate dough into 3 and the base dough into 9 equal pieces and roll each piece into a ball.

Roll each ball out into a thin 7-inch circle and top with softened butter then layer the other 11 circles and top each layer with butter.

Transfer dough layers to a baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap, and keep it in the refrigerator overnight.

The next day, roll the dough into an 10x23-inch (25x60cm) rectangle and using a sharp knife or pizza roller cut the dough into 6 or 7 pieces.

Using a sharp razor blade make gentle incisions as shown in the video.

Line one or two pieces of chocolate bars at the end of each dough piece and roll it up as in the video.

Place Pain Au Chocolat on baking sheets and cover with a cloth and let it rise at room temp for 1 1/2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 400F and bake 18-20 min until golden brown.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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Allergens