tag: Croissants
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Classic Homemade Croissants with dried figs
When I was making the Croissants last night, John was working on his Candied Fig, Hazelnut & Orange Cheesecake with Port Sauce for a Valentine's Day Aphrodisiac Progressive Party were...
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Classic Homemade Croissants with Black Forest Ham and Baby Swiss Cheese
1 commentAnother wonderful, oozing with goodness, variation. Black Forest Ham and Baby Swiss Cheese, nice and warm, between layers of buttery dough...I'm looking forward to reheating these for...
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Classic Homemade Croissants with Dark Chocolate and Cherries
4 commentsDark chocolate and cherries...one of my favorite combinations! I've been soaking bing cherries in some of that Maraschino liqueur left over from making The Martinez and now I'm in...
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Classic Homemade Croissants
This was my first attempt at Croissants and must say, they were quite a production! However, I was extremely surprised with the ease of working with the dough. I had...
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nutella and banana basket croissants
1 commentI read a something online saying it was world nutella day on feb 9th and I found a pastry similar to this accompanying the announcement...so I guess this is my tribute! It is made in a danish...
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amandine croissants
3 commentsI just had to....if I'm making croissants anyway, I had to go the extra mile to make my absolute favorite! I always crave these as I've yet to find somewhere in Vancouver that sells them...
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sundried tomato turkey and gruyere croissants with bechamel
5 commentsI went all out on these ones! I found some sundried tomato turkey meat, paired it with gruyere and made a thicker bechamel sauce to go under the turkey. I also did danish bow tie shape...
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pain au chocolat
3 commentsI decided to do a more traditional pain au chocolat with my croissant dough...just to keep things exciting:) Used dark lindt chocolate in strips as that is what I had. It was very good.
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plain croissants
2 commentsOkie, so I do have a bit to write for this one since I just took a pastry class featuring croissants and felt the background knowledge was really helpful. I had tried this technique for making the...
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Raspberry Croissants
These were very good but not as good as the blueberry or chocolate. I'd probably add a bit of brown sugar here too. Or, maybe some raw sugar.
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Blueberry Croissants
My favorites! I took a handful of blueberries and squashed them and sprinkled a bit of brown sugar on top. The croissants were oozing blueberry! YUM!!
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Homemade Croissants
1 commentThis was a fun project! Our butter must have been too cold, it broke into shards. As a result, the texture was not as light and flaky as it could have been. Otherwise, they...
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Ham and Cheese Croissants
I'm not as big of a fan of the savory croissants as the sweet ones, but still, this tasted pretty good. I used thin-sliced black forest ham and some cheddar cheese as a swap-in for the swiss...
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Chocolate Croissants
Mmmmm.. chocolate. Nothing brings a gal back to Paris like the bite of a buttery, melty chocolate croissant. I could eat these every day... if they didn't take 3 days to make...
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Classic Croissants
1 commentFor those who were intimidated by this recipe: it can be done. But it is kind of nerve wracking if you go into it scared and unsure of yourself, as I did. After step one (mix the dough...
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Classic Croissants, brown sugar-cinnamon
5 commentsThere is a bakery (Medici Bakery on 57th Street) in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, which uses croissant dough to make the best cinnamon rolls. Inspired by that, I filled a few of the...
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Classic Croissants, chocolate
1 commentChocolate croissants are my favorite and a very special treat for me. Now that I see how easy and cheap it is to make your own, I may never pay $$$ to the specialty bakeries again. Of...
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Classic Croissants, salami and cheddar
1 commentI did not have any ham, but I did have some pepper-crusted salami, so I tried that for the savory croissant variation, paired with a well-aged white cheddar. I only made a couple of these, but...
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Classic Croissants, Plain
I can't believe I really made croissants! They turned out delicious, flaky and buttery, just as advertized. The recipe took a long time, but there was not much active time and it was not...
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Ham and Cheese Croissants
Another yummy variation on the classic croissants. I didn't have shaved ham so used some larger pieces and attempted to shave them. We loved the combination of ham and swiss cheesenbsp...
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