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Chocolate Croissant

Built around bread flour and cold milk -- the method starts by make the dough.

Chocolate Croissant
Prep
10 min
Cook
40 min
Total
50 min
Serves
4
Level
Advanced
Rating
★ 4.9

Anchored by bread flour, cold milk and sugar, this bakery dish starts by make the dough and comes together in about 50 minutes -- the kind of advanced recipe that earns a permanent spot in the rotation.

Worth the 50 minutes -- this is a weekend project that pays off.

A more involved technique that rewards patience with real depth of flavor.

Built around bread flour, so the flavor comes from real ingredients, not a spice packet.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups bread flour
  • 1 1/4 cups cold milk
  • plus 5 more ingredients

Method

1

Make the dough and butter block, and laminate with 3 folds exactly as for butter croissants, chilling between turns to keep the layers distinct.

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