Cooking Recipe Chocolate Chip Croissants
Recipe Ingredients
Directions
With spoon, beat butter, 1/4 cup flour till smooth. Spread on waxed
paper (on wet cookie sheet) in a rectangle 12x6. Refrigerate. Heat
3/4 cup milk; stir in 2 tbl sugar, salt to dissolve. Cool to
lukewarm. Sprinkle water with yeast; stir to dissolve. With spoon,
beat in milk mixture and 3 cup flour until smooth. Turn on lightly
floured pastry cloth; knead until smooth. Let rise, covered, in warm
place, free from drafts, until doubled -- about 1 hour. Refrigerate
1/2 hour. On lightly floured pastry cloth, with stockingette-covered
rolling pin, roll into 14x14 rectangle. Place butter mixture on half
of dough; remove paper. Fold other half over butter; pinch edges to
seal. With fold at right, roll from center to 20x8. From short side,
fold dough into thirds, making 3 layers; seal edges; chill 1 hour
wrapped in foil. With fold at left, roll to 20x8; fold; chill 1/2
hour. Repeat. Chill overnight. Next day, roll; fold twice; chill
1/2 hour between. Then chill 1 hour longer. To shape: cut dough into
4 parts. On lightly floured pastry cloth, roll each into a 12-inch
circle. Cut each circle into 6 wedges. Sprinkle wedges with chocolate
chips -- be careful to leave a 1/2-inch margin all around and not
overstuff with the chips. Roll up beginning at wide end. Form into a
crescent. Place point side down, 2" apart on brown paper on cookie
sheet.
Cover; let rise in warm place, free from drafts until double -- 1
hour. Heat oven to 425. brush with beaten egg yolk mix in the 1 tbl
milk. Bake 5 minutes, then reduce oven to 375; bake 10 minutes more
or until croissants are puffed and browned. Cool on rack for
10minutes.