Ballymaloe Croissants

Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    Regular-Sized Croissants and 2 Small Ones
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The New Ballymaloe Bread Book

By Darina Allen

Published 2023

  • About

Who doesn’t get an oops in their tummy when you take a tray of flaky, burnished croissants out of the oven? Start the dough one day and have them ready for breakfast the next morning.

Ingredients

Method

Lightly flour the work surface. Roll the dough into a rectangle measuring approx. 20cm × 45cm. Brush away any excess flour. Measure and cut into triangles as shown in the diagram.

Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper. Stretch and roll each triangle tightly from the wide end t