Crescent Rolls

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.

Add flour, sugar, yeast, and salt into the bowl of a stand mixer, ensuring salt does not touch yeast directly.

Mix the dry ingredients until combined.

Cut cold butter into small cubes and add to the flour mixture, mixing until combined.

Add warm milk (around 100 degrees) to the mixture and mix until combined.

Let the stand mixer knead the dough on medium-low speed for 8 to 10 minutes.

If doing by hand, mix ingredients in a large bowl until it forms a dough, then knead on a floured surface for 8 to 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.

Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface, shape into a ball, and lightly grease a large bowl.

Place the dough in the bowl, wrap in plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm place for 1 to 1.5 hours until doubled in size.

Check the dough readiness by poking it; if it leaves an indent, it's ready.

Deflate the dough and cut it in half, keeping one half wrapped in plastic to prevent drying out.

Shape the dough into a ball without kneading, then roll into a large circle about a quarter inch thick.

If the dough pulls back while rolling, it may need to rest for 15 minutes after wrapping in plastic.

Spread softened butter on top of the rolled-out dough.

Cut the dough into quarters, then cut each quarter into two more pieces to make a total of 12 triangles.

Roll each triangle starting from the wide end and pull the ends towards the front to form a crescent shape.

Place each crescent roll onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.

Repeat the rolling process with the second half of the dough.

Cover the rolls with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 30 to 45 minutes until puffed and nearly doubled in size.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Once risen, remove plastic wrap, brush tops with melted butter, and bake for 20 to 30 minutes until golden brown.

Rotate pans and switch oven racks halfway through baking for even cooking.

Remove from the oven and rub butter on top of the hot rolls.

Let cool slightly before serving hot, warm, or at room temperature.

Cooking Techniques

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