Making Croissants By Hand. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl or lightly grease the stand-mixers bowl. Using a ruler make a mark every 8cm down the one of the long edges of the rectangle.
Add the butter pieces all at once and continue to mix scraping down the. If youre mixing by hand you will turn the dough out on to a clean counter and knead until smooth and elastic. Roll the dough to a rectangle approx.
Then on the other side make the first mark at 4cm then make a mark every 8cm after that.
Add the butter pieces all at once and continue to mix scraping down the. Reattach the dough hook and turn the mixer on medium-low speed. This Croissant recipe is about as minimal equipment as you can get in a recipe. Roll the dough to a rectangle approx.