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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

PAIN AU CHOCOLAT (aka: Chocolate Croissant): Guest Post by Sarah Husmann

The weather has finally cooled, and I decided to try making Pain Au Chocolat again, otherwise known as Chocolate Croissant. The reason for making these when it’s colder is that the kitchen temp is cooler which helps keep the dough and butter cold when laminating. Lamination is the process of folding and rolling butter into dough over and over again to create super-thin layers. I ALWAYS have issues with this step, and my butter always leaks or bakes out leaving my Pain Au Chocolat flat with little to no flaky layers that one expects. I also previously made the mistake of making them when the kitchen was too warm.

I finally conquered the laminating process (for now.  LOL) and this batch of Pain Au Chocolat came out PERFECT! No leaking butter. Beautiful puffy, layers of flaky pastry. I also tried a different recipe. I’ve previously tried several others, but this one seems to be the winner. The only change to the recipe was I did an extra fold before rolling, cutting, and forming them.



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FYI: I got to taste these, and I have to say they were the best Pain au Chocolat that I have ever tasted. Thanks, Sarah!  - Janet

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