Easy Croissant Recipes

So, you've never made a croissant in your life, not even a store-bought Pillsbury one. I've got a few pointers for you when you go out hunting for instructions, the first one is to read through this entire page because we have recipes and quick videos on how to do them. Second, if what you want to make is not here mention it just below this post and I'll get to hunting and try it out myself and post pictures of our experiment for you. Third, there are many books out there on the subject but sometimes finding them can prove to be a struggle. How do I know? Simple, the past two weeks I've went to both BORDERS and Barnes & Noble and neither had a single book on making croissants. In fact I was asked, "Well you could just look through all the cookbooks we have and see if there are any recipes?" Umm, yeah I don't plan on going through EVERY cookbook, nor do I feel like buying a book to find out there are no recipes in it. Check your library to see if they have one. Finally, my favorite place has once again proved to me why I love them so much. Amazon has cookbooks and recipes for croissants. The books are listed below so hope it helps.

After hours of searching the net and working with bookstore employees I found a few cookbooks that included croissant recipes and wanted to list the various books with the page numbers in case others wanted to try some.

- The French Recipe Cookbook: Over 200 Authentic and Inspiring Dishes, Shown Step-by-Step: cheese & ham croissants page 80
- Bernard Clayton's New Complete book of Breads: Swiss Croissants page 477-480, Brioches, French and tips for on pagest 604-620
- 200 Fast & Easy Artisan Breads by Judith Fertig: Flaky, Buttery Croissants page 276
- Bernard Claytons Complete Book of Small Breads: More Than 100 Recipes for Rolls Buns Biscuits Flatbreads Muffins and Other: Croissants 121-132, brioches page 91-92

I will be trying each one out and reporting back. Have you made croissants lately?

Due to this page, I have decided that I will dedicate time to creating new types of croissants I've read about here with my kids. I've never experienced beyond tossing them from the freezer to the oven, so this will be a first. I'll make sure to post each experiment I do, how we did it and how they turned out. If possible we'll include photos. What should we start with?

Little chefs were divided up by their ability to make a chicken and vegetable invention while the others that made it through passed the pressure test for creating a chocolate croissant pudding. Doesn't that sound good? If it sounds yummy to you head on over and check out the recipes at The Junior Masterchef.