Recipe- Delicious And Easy To Make Croissants At Home

If you have never had a croissant before, boy are you in for a treat!Croissants are a classic French pastry, rolled and shaped into a crescent.They’re light and airy, and so buttery, with a hint of sweetness and a little bit of a yeasty, stretchy texture. There’s nothing else quite like a croissant!

Ingredients

400g flour
260ml milk
180-200g butter, unsalted
4 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp yeast
1 egg
1 tsp milk

Method

- Activate the dry yeast by dissolving 260 ml warm milk, 4 tablespoon sugar and 1 tablespoon of active dry yeast.

- Add 1/4 Tsp Salt into 400 gms of flour.

- Blend together the wet and dry ingredients in a large bowl until they become homogenous evenly hydrated dough.

- Cover the dough with a plastic film and let it sit and rise for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the dough gets doubled in size.

- Degas the dough and divide the dough into 12 equal pieces.

- Roll each piece of dough into the shape of a disc which is approximately 16-18 cm in diameter and not more than 2 mm in thickness.

- Place the disc on a plastic film and repeat the same process for the next piece and stack them over the previous disc and continue the same with the rest of the divided dough pieces.

- Roll them into a long rectangular sheet. With the help of a knife or a pizza cutter, cut them into smaller triangles. Shape them into croissants.

- Give the dough egg wash and bake them at 400 F for 10 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 375 F and bake for another 8-12 minutes.

- Remove them from the oven The flakey, buttery, delicious croissants are ready to be served.