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CROISSANTS

Makes 15 croissants

Preparation time: 40 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Resting time: 1 hour 30 minutes plus 2 hours

For the croissant dough

7⅔ cups (1 kg) cake flour

1 large (50 g) egg

(3½ tablespoons)

¾ (45 g) cake yeast, or 5 teaspoons active dry yeast

(dissolved in milk or water)

1 tablespoon (18 g) salt

½ cup (100 g) superfine sugar

1 tablespoon (20 g) honey

5 tablespoons (70 g) unsalted

butter, at room temperature

1¾ cups (14 ounces/400 g) unsalted dry butter

(84% fat content)

For the egg wash

9 large (150 g) egg yolks (⅔ cup)

1 tablespoon (15 g) whipping cream

For the croissant dough

Make a croissant dough following the directions on this page, using

1¾ cups (420 g) of water.

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