On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:23:04 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>It was time to branch out and make croissants. I made plain, almond
>filled and chocolate ones from the same batch of dough.
>
>This was not anything I was going to wing the first time out so I
>watched the Julia Child/Esther McManus videos to pick up some
>technique, as well as referred to the same recipe in the Baking with
>Julia book::
>http://www.pbs.org/juliachild/meet/mcmanus.html
>
>But I actually I used this recipe, although I had fresh yeast
>available.
>
>http://www.evilshenanigans.com/2009/...er-croissants/
>
>Results are shown at the link below. I am not going to complain one
>little bit and though I know it'll get easier next time out, I am
>pretty proud of these. What's not to like about a dough that takes 20
>ounces of butter?
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/2564880...7623621118610/
>
>Boron

Absofreaking beautiful. Great job and thanks for the photos.

koko
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