Croissant update

Posted by mrsmoosie, January 26, 2008 at 5:13 PM

I did it!! They look so cool!!
An update for those of you who were so supportive of my initial attempt at croissants. I used a recipe for "Authentic croissants at home" from Cooks Illustrated. I chose this one for several reasons, it is fairly simple - a shorter time frame because of less folds and doing two folds at once (fit into my schedule today perfectly), no steam bath involved (sounded quite scary), I have always had great luck with everything I have made from them, and of course there were good pictures.
So while not totally authentic I must say I enjoyed making them and they really did come out good! Very flaky appearing from the outside, many visible layers, the chocolate stayed nicely inside. They taste yummy but unfortunately a little doughy in the bottom layers. I am hoping this is because I did not wait until they cooled all the way before I cut one in half an sampled. Maybe I should have let them rise a bit longer, I ran out of time. I hope my friends enjoy them tonight.
I am inspired to try more of this sort of baking and will not hesitate to try a more complicated version now.
Thanks for the encouragement.

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