1 California Farm Croissants (they are bigger!)

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

No fresh croissant bakers in rural California........You will need a large mexican floortile from Home Depot, 16” x 12”, that one will fit in your oven and the freezer compartment of your fridge. About $3 . And a rolling pin or an empty wine bottle with the cap, filled with cold water. A measuring cup, and a precision weight scale ( amazon, ten bucks). A little brush to rub eggwhites over the croissants, or use your fingers. A doughmaker helps, or use your hands.

1 California Farm Croissants (they are bigger!)

No fresh croissant bakers in rural California........You will need a large mexican floortile from Home Depot, 16” x 12”, that one will fit in your oven and the freezer compartment of your fridge. About $3 . And a rolling pin or an empty wine bottle with the cap, filled with cold water. A measuring cup, and a precision weight scale ( amazon, ten bucks). A little brush to rub eggwhites over the croissants, or use your fingers. A doughmaker helps, or use your hands.

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Ingredients

Bake 20 min, Prep night before, roll next morning.
16 large croissants, lunch size
  1. 2fresh farm eggs
  2. 454 mlcold water
  3. 25 gramssugar
  4. 2and 1/4 teaspoons of dry yeast
  5. 362 gramsall-purpose flour
  6. Whip a froth from above: about four minutes
  7. Make the dough: about eight minutes
  8. 71 gramsfull milk powder
  9. 300 gramsall-purpose flour
  10. 2 tablespoonsdairy or cashew butter, melted
  11. 25 gramssugar
  12. Teaspoonsalt
  13. Add to froth, knead 8 minutes till elastic and sticky
  14. Empty onto wax paper, top with wax paper, roll flat to about 8” x 8”
  15. Put in gallon freezer bag, Freeze an hour, store in fridge overnight
  16. Prepare the butter: about two minutes
  17. Weight the dough, take one third of the weight, (about a pound) in unsalted dairy or cashew butter
  18. Roll butter between two sheets of wax paper to about 8” x 8” square, put in fridge in gallon freezer bag overnight
  19. Freeze the tile night before
  20. Cost
  21. Flour $1, butter $2.40, eggs 80 cents, milk powder $1, yeast 25 cents, sugar 20 cents, $5.65 total, 35 cents per croissant

Cooking Instructions

Bake 20 min, Prep night before, roll next morning.
  1. 1

    Roll cold dough out to 12” x 12” on cutting board dusted with flour
    Center 8” x 8” square of cold butter on top of dough
    Fold edges of dough over butter.
    Fold to 4” x8”, roll out to 12” x 12”, rest in cold oven on mexican tile, one hour.
    Repeat, rest one hour. Repeat again.
    You should now have 24 layers of fresh filo dough and 24 layers of butter.
    Roll dough out to 12” x 12”
    Make 4 squares, 6” x 6”
    Cut in half, 3” x 6”, you got eight rectangles now.

  2. 2

    Cut each square on the diagonal, you got 16 pizza shaped slices.
    Roll the widest end towards the tip, lay tip up on mexican tile
    Rise two hours in cold oven. They will double in size to 6”x4”.
    Put glass measuring cup in oven with warm water.
    Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
    Brush top of croissant dough rolls with beaten egg, put back in oven, bake 20 minutes.

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Hobby Horseman
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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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Comments (5)

Swati Bharadwaj
Swati Bharadwaj @explorefoodwithSwati
Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe..🌷
Neatly presented as well🌺
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