Crispy Croissants
- 225 grams Bread (strong) flour
- 55 grams Cake flour
- 30 grams Sugar
- 10 grams Skim milk powder
- 5 grams Salt
- 35 grams Unsalted butter (for the dough)
- 1/2 medium egg Beaten egg
- 140 ml Cold water
- 3 grams Dry yeast
- 150 grams Unsalted butter (to fold in the dough)
- 25 grams Remaining egg after adding 1/2 to dough
- 1 tbsp water
- 30 grams Sugar
- Bring the butter to room temperature, and after leaving it for 10 minutes, weight out the butter for folding.
- Place it on top of a large sheet of cling film.
- Cover the butter with another piece of plastic wrap, and roll it out until you have a 20 x 20 cm square.
- Place the wrapped square into the freezer to chill thoroughly.
- Take the butter for the dough and cut into small cubes.
- Chill in the freezer.
- Put the ingredients for the dough into the bread machine pan.
- Turn on the dough setting and let the machine work the dough until after the first rising has completed.
- Put the dough into the refrigerator for 30 minutes to rest.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll it out to a neat 30 x 30 cm square.
- Place the frozen butter sheet onto the center of the dough square as shown in the photograph.
- Wrap the dough around the butter by folding in the four corners until they meet in the middle.
- Stretch the dough if needed so there is no gap left in the middle.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the freezer for about 10 minutes.
- Remove the dough from the freezer, and roll it out to a 30 x 30 cm sheet.
- Fold the dough into thirds by bringing the top third down and the bottom third up over the middle, like a letter.
- Cover the dough in wrap and freezer for about 10 minutes.
- Remove the chilled dough from the freezer and roll it out to 25 x 30 cm.
- Fold the dough into thirds by folding the left third in and then covering it with the right third.
- Wrap the dough in plastic and freeze for an additional 10 minutes.
- Last time!
- Remove the dough from the freezer and roll it out to a 25 x 25 cm square.
- Again, fold the top third down and the bottom third up like a letter.
- Wrap in plastic and let the dough rest in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Divide the dough into two equal pieces.
- Place one piece into the freezer to rest.
- Roll out the remaining piece to a 20 x 40 cm rectangle.
- Trim the edges to neaten.
- Cut the dough sheet into 6 isosceles triangles.
- Cut a 1 -1.5 cm slit into the short side of the triangles.
- While spreading the dough out on either side of this slit, roll the dough into a croissant shape.
- The rolled croissants should look like this.
- Place the croissants in a warm room or oven heat setting (about 30 - 35C) for a second rising.
- When the croissants have risen, brush with the egg wash, and bake in a 200C oven for about 20 minutes.
- They should now be finished.
- When the croissants come out of the oven, quickly brush on a syrup mixture.
- When they have cooled, they're done.
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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/159113-crispy-croissants (may not work)