Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures in The Good Land is largely a fish out of water tale about how I eventually found my footing on a small farm in an Amish town. We are a mostly organic, somewhat self sufficient, sustainable farm in Ohio. There's action and adventure and I'll always tell you the truth about farming.


Saturday, January 26, 2013

How about a little petit déjeuner?

Croissants. Nailed it.


Any body want to come on over for a little chocolat chaud  and some croissants? It's what's for breakfast.


Finally! I solved the mystery of the complicated pastries. They are light, flaky, and buttery - not bread-like last ones but these are the real deal.  


Thanks to my pal, K, who sent me this excellent video on how to make croissants, I think I got the hang of it.

As I expected from my earlier near miss, I needed to be much more careful in how I rolled out the dough. I used my Never Wrong to make sure it was rolled to 10 inches by 20 inches. I also made sure that I brushed the extra flour from the dough before I folded it.

I found this extra fun video which explained the process even more.  How great is this girl?  At first I couldn't place her accent but then I clicked around on her site - she's from Brazil. She is super fun.

In addition to the plain croissants I also made a few apple pastries....


...and some chocolate croissants ones as well.


I don't know what you are doing today but I'm sitting around having hot chocolate and croissants.

Happy Saturday everyone!


3 comments:

Unknown said...

OMG, now I'll have to try that!

David said...

Wow! I'd say you nailed it! They look perfect

Ohiofarmgirl said...

Nancy, you totally have to do this. They are terrific.

Thanks Dave! They really turned out really good. I can't wait to make more. :-D

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