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Homemade Crescent Rolls
This is a great recipe for light, fluffy and buttery rolls. Perfect to have them served right out from the oven to Thanksgiving dinner table. I will definetly repeat this recipe to serve them not only on holidays but for breakfast too. They are just delicious, hardly can stop not eating too many.
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- Makes 32 rolls
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 25 g fresh yeast (2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast or 2 tsp of instant yeast)
- 1/3 cup water, warm
- 3/4 cup milk, warm
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 tbsp butter, softened
- Filling
- 4 or 5 tbsp butter, softened
- Topping
- 1 1/2 tbsp butter, melted
- In a large bowl, mix flour with sugar and salt. Dissolve the fresh yeast in the warm water and add to the flour mixture. Add eggs and milk, mix everything together. Add the butter and knead until the dough is smooth and soft. Cover with a clean dish towel and let it rise for about 1 hour in a warm area, until doubled in size.
- Punch dough down and divide into 2 equal parts. Form them into balls. On a floured surface roll each part into a 16 to 17 inch round, using a rolling pin. With the back of a spoon, spread about 2 tbsp of very soft butter onto the dough round. Using a pastry wheel cutter cut the round into 16 triangles (like slicing a pizza).
- Start rolling each triangle into crescents, starting from the outside edge of the triangle. Once rolled, curve the edges and place on a greased baking tray with the tip tucked down and under the roll. Repeat rolling with the rest of the triangles. Let them rise for about 20 minutes. Melt additional 1 1/2 tbsp butter and brush the tops of the rolls with melted butter.
- Preheat the oven to 400F (200C). Bake for 14-18 minutes until puffed and golden brown. Let them cool on a wire rack few minutes before serving.
I didn't try freezing the dough so I can not say how it will be. What I did was to freeze some of the baked crescent roll and when I needed them just took them out and let them few hours at room temperature. There were as good, like freshly baked. My opinion is that the inside butter is important, not just for the flavor but to help creating that croissant look, with separate layers.
No.. it's not correct. I used 25 grams of FRESH yeast, which is the right amount of fresh yeast used for about 3 or 4 cups of flour. If you want to use active dry yeast as I know 2 tsp would be just enough for this amount of flour. Hope it helped. If any other questions, let me know.
I see. 6 tsp of fresh yeast would be too much. 3 tsp of fresh yeast would be enough for this amount of flour.
I am glad you like them. We are pretty in love with them too:) I have to try using honey too, I'm sure they are delicious this way.
I've never looked at the clock to see how much I knead the dough but I would say somewhere between 5 to 10 minutes. I am not sure what you mean by "overwhelmingly tasted of flour" , they are made with flour - but tastes good and they taste of butter too. They are much better than a regular bread, lighter and fluffy, bot not as light and fluffy as a croissant as they are not croissants. It is somewhere between. Make sure not too use too much flour so they don't get too heavy. It's nice how the interior is separated because of the butter. If any other questions, please feel free to ask, I am here to help. Hope you will try them once more, maybe next time will be better. My family and I really love these and didn't consider them heavy but try not too eat to many at once as they contain butter.
I am very glad you tried this recipe and that it was a success. I love it too. In case you try any other of my recipes let me know your opinion. Thanks for your comment.
I don't see why whole wheat flour wouldn't work. I would use both, half and half. I think this is the way I will make them next time.
Thank you for your comment. I am sure they were both amazing, with either cinnamon or Nutella. These are very good ideas, I will have to try them too. Yes, 2 or 2 1/4 tsp of active dry yeast is just perfect for the amount of flour used. Let me know if you try any other variations.
I am not sure if this would work as a pizza crust, but what I am definitely sure is that this recipe of pizza crust is very good and would work very well. http://homecookingadventure.com/recipes/mushroom-pizza. Let me know if you try it.
I used all purpose, but probably unbleached bread flour works as well. Whatever flour you have in house is good.
I don't know for sure, I didn't try it. I wouldn't do that, I'd better make them in advance and warm them a little bit before serving.
yes, of course it would work if you double or triple the recipe, you just need the patience to do all the work :). I am very glad you and your family loved these.
Reema, I am glad you and your family loved these. Indeed they are delicious, I really love them too. Thank you so much for your comment, I really appreciate .
Yes you can definitely fill them with different stuff, don't know about letting the dough rise with hot dog, how will you be able to roll them after? But I am sure the dough will rise, and you can make like small buns if you won't be able to roll:)
All purpose is fine but you can also use bread flour. If you use bread flour you might need to add more water if you feel it needs more.
Hey:) sorry for the late answer. Don't know why it didn't work out for you, but we can think of some of the reasons. If it didn't rise means the yeast was not good. What kind of yeast did you use and how much? I am really sorry at that time I didn't make intermediary pictures so you can see the consistency of dough, but it is a dough easy to work with, especially if you dust your working surface with a little flour. It shouldn't have been sticky. Did you use the right amount of flour? It is possible to be the flour itself, maybe you should change the type of flour (another brand) and see if this works better.
The fact that you live in a hot humid climate it should have made the dough rise faster. Just read about that problem that others who live in a humid hot area has encountered and I noticed it is an important important factor to take in count as you might need to reduce the liquid the recipe requires or add more flour.
http://community.kingarthurflour.com/content/adjusting-bread-recipes-hothumid-weather
So I guess you will have to add more flour or less liquid, to get the right consistency because of the climate and make sure you use a good yeast.
Let me know if this helped you and if you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask me.
Thank you for this comment:) I am sure they were delicious, great you made them with a part of whole wheat flour, for more nutritious rolls:)
Hey:) You did good using bread flour, this type of flour usually requires more liquid, so according to the climate you have there this was perfect.
I am glad they came out better this time, they do worth the effort.
So glad to hear this:) Thank you Karis for your comment. Crescent Veggie Pizza sounds soo good. Will try it too, thanks for the idea.
I used 1 cup of 240 ml. I will try to make the conversion in grams as soon as possible. I will let you know.









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