How To Make Proper Croissants Completely By Hand

This Croissant recipe is about as minimal equipment as you can get in a recipe. It's a no machine, as well as a no knead recipe. All it requires is some focus, and a little bit of patience. Oh, and a rolling pin helps too. Then you end up with beautifully flakey and buttery croissants that have a...

Intermediate - 16 min - Food & Drink - Joshua Weissman

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What you'll need

Dutch oven: The secret to crusty loaves.
Banneton proofing basket: Shape and proof sourdough.
Bread lame: Score your loaves.
Digital kitchen scale: Bread is weighed, not measured.
Bench scraper: Handle sticky dough.

Books

Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish - View on Amazon
The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart - View on Amazon
Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson - View on Amazon
Bread by Jeffrey Hamelman - View on Amazon

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