Buttery Croissants
Ingredients
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 tsp salt
2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup whole milk
1 cup cold unsalted butter (2 sticks)
Method
1. Mix warm water, milk, sugar, and yeast. Rest 5β10 minutes.
2. Add flour and salt. Mix to form dough. Chill 1 hour.
3. Flatten cold butter into a rectangle. Enclose butter in dough.
4. Roll and fold (laminate) 3 times, chilling 30β45 minutes between folds.
5. After final chill, roll dough thin and cut into triangles.
6. Roll up firmly from wide end to tip.
7. Proof 1β2 hours until puffy.
8. Bake at 375Β°F for 20β22 minutes until golden and flaky.