Spicewithwangui presents you a simple and easy recipe for croissants to prepare at home for yourself, loved ones and guests. The best snack to take for breakfast, 10 o’clock or 4 o’clock. Scroll down to check out the recipe and ingredients you need.
Ingredients you need:
- 3 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon of dry yeast
- 1 cup of warm milk
- 1/4 cup of sugar (brown/regular)
- 250g of margarine or butter
- 1 egg mixed with 1 tablespoon of milk (egg wash)
- 1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of warm milk, 1/4 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon of dry yeast 
Mix the warm milk, sugar and dry yeast in a bowl 
Sieve 2 cups of all-purpose flour and mix it with 1 teaspoon of salt 
3 scoops of margarine 
Add the margarine to the flour 
Flour and margarine mixed 
Create a hole in the middle and add the milk and yeast mixture 
Dough is well kneaded and left to rise 
1-2 hours later, the dough has doubled in size 
dust the working area 
Roll the dough into a rectangular shape and apply margarine on the dough 
Fold the dough, bringing one of the end in the middle and overlapping the other end 
Spread the folded dough 
Fold the dough again, this time it looks abit smaller compared to the previous one 
Spread the dough again 
Fold the dough again 
Brush vegetable oil on the baking tray and place the baking paper 
Place the dough on top 
Cover the dough with a clear foil paper 
Divide the dough into two 
Spread each piece 
This how the dough looks like 
Sliced each square dough into two diagonally 
Croissants dough placed on the baking tray 
Egg wash ready 
Brushed the egg wash on each croissant and looks shiny. About to bake them for 25 minutes 
Croissants baked and served
Recipe:
- Put 1 cup of warm mix with 1/4 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon of dry yeast. Cover it and let it sit for 10 minutes
- Sieve 2 cups of all-purpose flour add 1 teaspoon of salt to the flour
- Add 3 tablespoons of margarine/ butter to the flour.
- Mix it well using your fingers until the flour feels and looks like breadcrumbs
- Make a hole in the middle, add the milk and yeast mixture.
- Have 1/2 cup -3/4 cup of flour nearby, add as you mix the dough
- Knead the dough on a clean dusted surface until it’s soft
- Cover the dough and let it rest for 1-2 hours
- Dust your surface area and rolling pin
- Roll your dough in a rectangular shape and spread margarine on the dough
- Fold the dough by bringing one of the long ends to the middle and place the other end on top ( as shown in the pictures above)
- Spread the dough, fold the dough again, do this thrice
- Making a big rectangular dough
- Brush vegetable oil on your baking tray, place a baking paper
- Place the dough on the baking tray cover it with clear foil paper and freeze it for 1 hour
- Divided the dough into two
- Spread each dough using a rolling pin.
- Slice the dough evenly into squares then slice each square into two diagonally
- Make a small cut into the dough at the base
- Roll the dough from the base
- Place the croissants dough on the baking paper
- Preheat the oven for about 5- 10 minutes
- Beat one egg and mix it with 1 tablespoon of milk to make an egg wash
- Brush the egg wash gently on each croissant dough
- Bake the croissants for 25 minutes at 375F
- After baking, let the croissants cool for about 20 minutes before serving them with your favorite cup of tea/ coffee. Bon appétit!