Friday, April 28, 2006

Easy Croissant Recipe

I just found a new recipe that is a "keeper", as my kids would say. I love to try new recipes and try to make one at least once a week. This week we tried Glazed Cheese Croissants. They were amazingly easy and everyone liked them, except my husband who has never liked any croissants.

1/2 stick butter, room temperature
3/4 cup small curd cottage cheese
1 c flour

Combine all ingredients using a cutting motion and two knives or using a pastry blender to form dough. (Little bits of butter and cottage cheese should still be visible to get the flakiness.) Wrap in plastic wrap and chill 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On floured surface (I floured and rolled it out on my baking stone), roll into a 14 inch circle. Cut into 8 triangles (I used my pizza cutter). Roll each triangle from wide end to tip, turning ends to form a crescent shape. Place on baking stone or cookie sheet. Bake 30 min. till golden. Cool 10 minutes on wire rack. Meanwhile combine 1/2 c. powdered sugar with a bit of milk to form drizzly glaze. Drizzle over croissants. Serve warm or cooled.

I made up a double batch for my family of 6. We took them and red pears to Marvin's track meet. It was freezing and we were not adequately dressed, so the girl's and I had a picnic in the van while DH watched the meet. The girl's thought it was a blast!

Recipe adapted from April F. Smith, Bountiful, Utah

11 comments:

  1. Oh wow! Those are EASY! I've been meaning to figure out how to make croissants for a while now! I've never met a croissant I didn't like. These sound really good!

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  2. That sounds like such an easy recipe. I tried to make Aunt Lorna's croissants....didn't turn out anything like hers. They were good, but more like a roll than a croissant. Excited to try the new recipe...thanks!

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  3. Thanks so much! I have always wanted to make homemade croissants, but the recipe always intimidated me. This sounds so simple and easy. I am all about easy. Thanks again Nettie.

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  4. Oh, sounds good!! And easy... just my style!!! Thx!

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  5. Croissants = fabulous. My mouth is watering. Yummy!

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  6. I'll have to try making these, they sound so good!

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  7. Oooh, those sound good. I am going to have to try them!

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  8. sounds yum! we are big croissant lovers, too... actually, that pertains to all carbs, lol!

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  9. I love recipes with only a few ingredients. Thanks for sharing. I am going to try these this weekend.

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