Description
Indulge in the delightful world of homemade chocolate croissants, where flaky, buttery pastry meets rich, melted chocolate. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a sweet dessert, these croissants bring the charm of a French bakery right into your kitchen.
Ingredients
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- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
- 1 1/4 cups cold whole milk
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 16 chocolate batons or high-quality semi-sweet chocolate
Instructions
- In a stand mixer bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and yeast. Gradually add cold milk and knead for about 5 minutes until soft yet slightly tacky. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- For the butter layer, beat softened butter with flour until smooth and shape it into a rectangle; refrigerate for another 30 minutes.
- Roll out the dough into a rectangle large enough to encase the butter layer. Fold over the dough to seal it tightly.
- Roll it out again and fold into thirds; repeat this step two more times with chilling intervals of 30 minutes.
- After a final chill of at least 4 hours or overnight, roll out into rectangles and place chocolate at one end before rolling tightly.
- Proof the croissants at room temperature for an hour, then refrigerate for another hour before brushing with egg wash and baking at 400°F for about 20 minutes.
- Prep Time: 60 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 croissant (90g)
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 60mg