Croissants made from ready-made puff pastry

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make croissants from ready-made puff pastry? Prepare the products. Remove the dough from the freezer in advance and defrost. It is best to do this in the refrigerator compartment, where it will thaw slowly and without compromising quality. Jam is better to take thick, liquid can leak out when baking.

2. Step 2:

   

   Sprinkle the work surface of the table with flour, put the dough on it. Start rolling it out gently in different directions. You will immediately understand which way it rolls out better. Go there and start rolling out, so you will harm the structure of the layers less. In general, puff pastry is advised not to touch with a rolling pin, but in this recipe it is the thin rolling that is important. Roll out the dough to a thickness of several millimeters.

3. Step 3:

   

   Divide the resulting rectangle first into three equal parts, and then cut each of them diagonally. From one layer of dough you will get 6 triangles. At the base of each triangle, make a small incision to form croissants in the form of bagels.

4. Step 4:

   

   Put a spoonful of jam in the base of the workpiece.

5. Step 5:

   

   Make one twist of the dough, while bending the ends slightly to yourself. This is where the incision will come in handy. Lightly pinch the dough, limiting the filling.

7. Step 6:

   

   Continue to wrap the dough further, all the while slightly bending the ends to end up with a curved bagel.

8. Step 7:

   

   Cover the baking sheet with baking paper or a special Teflon mat. Lay the croissants on it, be sure to leave space between them, as the dough will increase when baking. From two layers of dough, I got 12 pieces. The baking sheet is 30 *40 cm in size.

9. Step 8:

   

   Cover the baking sheet with a towel and let the blanks rest for about 10 minutes. Then smear each bagel with a beaten egg. Shake the egg well enough with a fork. It is most convenient to lubricate with a silicone brush.

10. Step 9:

    

    Bake croissants in the oven, preheated to a temperature of 200 ° C, top-bottom mode, for about 20 minutes. Determine the exact time and temperature of baking according to your oven. Readiness look at the appearance, they should rise well and turn red. Sprinkle the finished croissants with powdered sugar.