Homemade Flaky Croissants

Homemade Flaky Croissants : Golden, honeycombed croissants with real butter flavor. A very rewarding weekend project.

• 10 servings
• Preparation 90 min
• Cooking 18 min
• Total 108 min
• Level hard
• Devices TM7 · TM6 · TM5

Ingredients : homemade flaky croissants

• 500 g all-purpose flour
• 60 g sugar
• 10 g instant dry yeast
• 10 g salt
• 250 ml lukewarm milk
• 40 g softened butter
• 250 g cold butter for laminating
• 1 egg yolk for the egg wash

Preparation : homemade flaky croissants

1. Put the milk, yeast and sugar in the bowl, then warm. 1 min37°Cspeed 2
2. Add the flour, salt and softened butter.
3. Knead the dough. 3 minspeed dough
4. Flatten the dough, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour.
5. Roll the laminating butter into a square. Enclose it in the dough, then do 3 simple folds, resting 30 minutes in the refrigerator between each.
6. Roll out to 4 mm (1/6 inch), cut triangles and roll them into croissants.
7. Let rise for 1 hour 30 minutes, brush with egg wash and bake for 18 minutes at 190°C (375°F).

Storage: 2 days in a paper bag, or 1 month unbaked in the freezer.

You can make this dish stress free with simple ingredients. Allow about 108 minutes in total. All settings (time, temperature, speed and rotation direction) work on the Thermomix TM5, TM6 and TM7. Follow the steps in order and the result will turn out well. You can also download the recipe as a PDF or copy it to Cookidoo and cook it right away.