Croissants

Cook Time: 17 Minutes

What you need

  • 500g Odlums Strong Flour
  • 60g Caster Sugar
  • 10g Yeast
  • 10g Salt
  • 100g butter
  • 90ml Milk
  • 140ml Water
  • 250g Butter for Lamination
  • Egg wash for baking

Recipe Steps

  1. Add the sugar, yeast, salt, and butter to the flour and mix nicely.
  2. Add the liquids and knead for 10 mins with the dough hook in your mixer.
  3. Once kneaded, allow the dough to prove for 1 hour and then place it into the fridge overnight.
  4. Make a Butter Block with the 250g butter between two sheets of parchment paper with a rolling pin of 17cmX17cm and put it in the fridge to harden.
  5. The next day take the dough out of the fridge and roll it to 20cmX34cm
  6. Laminate the dough when the butter is pliable. let it rest out at room temperature for 5-15 mins (depending on your temperature)
  7. Roll the dough into a 55cmX25cm rectangle and give a single fold. Refrigerate 1 hour
  8. Roll the dough to a 55cmX25cm rectangle and give a book fold. Refrigerate 1 hour
  9. Roll the dough into a rectangle with dimensions
  10. 58cmX28cm and cut croissants of 9cmX28cm in triangle-sized shapes.
  11. Shape the Croissants by rolling them with the palm of your hand and placing them onto a tray of parchment paper covering them with cling film and proving for 2 hours.
  12. Egg wash and bake for 5 mins at 220C and 12 minutes at 180C.

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