Name: Chocolate Croissants ** (Pains au Chocolat)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 2 h 28 min
Yield: Makes 15
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 tbsp (25 g) sugar; 1½ tsp (7 g) fine salt; 1 tbsp (15 ml) lukewarm water; ⅓ oz. (10 g) fresh yeast; 30 pain au chocolat sticks, weighing ⅙ oz. (5 g) each, or 15 sticks weighing ⅓ oz. (10 g) each (see Chef’s Notes); ¼ cup (60 ml) water; 1 tbsp (20 g) butter; 1 egg, lightly beaten; ¼ cup (60 ml) whole milk + 1 tbsp for the sugar and salt; 2¾ cups (9 oz./250 g) bread flour; 1 stick + 1 tbsp (4½ oz./130 g) butter

Preparation info

Makes
15

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

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Ingredients

Water dough

⅓ oz. (10 g) fresh yeast
1 tbsp (15

Method

Using the ingredients listed above, make a croissant dough following steps 1–10.
Roll the dough into a rectangle measuring 35 × 6 in. (90 × 15 cm), with a thickness of about ⅛ in. (3 mm), and cut into 15 equal-sized smaller rectangles.
Place 1 large or 2 small chocolate sticks near the base of each rectangle and roll up the dough around the sticks to