Sunday, May 10, 2020

Homemade Croissants


Being a mother myself, I love Mother's Day. It's the one day a year where I (try to) sleep in and am brought breakfast in bed. Breakfast usually consists of a latte, a croissant, and maybe some juice or fruit. The bed tray also has some homemade cards and a small vase with flowers from the yard. Yes, my kids usually end up "sharing" the croissant, and despite my husband's every effort to the alternative, I even let them have the first bite, but it's a morning moment of pure happiness, and I soak in every second.

Now this year, Spring of 2020, was posing a bit of a problem. Typically my husband runs out to pick up said fresh croissants, but that wasn't really an option... so, what else do you do? You attempt to conquer Mt. Kilimanjaro - how hard can it be to make homemade croissants? (insert nervous face emoji)

Using a Bon Appetit dough recipe and this technique, try it I did, and conquer it, did I? For sure! To be honest, there may be no going back... Albeit, it is slightly time consuming, but not really that difficult. But these days we've got nothing but time. 

INGREDIENTS:
2 Tablespoons of Sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons of Salt
2 1/2 cups of Flour
2 1/2 sticks (1 1/4 cups) of Butter, chilled
Ice Water