This recipe makes enough for six to eight croissants but if you want more, you can just double the ingredients. They take a few minutes to prepare and then about forty-five minutes to bake. Once you taste them, you'll see that they were definitely worth the wait!
Let's Get Started!
The Ingredients To Gather Are:
2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed completely
1/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces and put in the fridge.
1 egg + 1 teaspoon water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/3 cup sliced almonds
powdered sugar, for sprinkling
almond paste or pastry cream for filling, if desired
The Step By Step Directions To Follow:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
Make sure puff pastry is completely thawed! Take one sheet, cover it with pieces of butter, top it with second sheet. Use rolling pin to roll pastry into much larger, thinner rectangle – at least double the size. Be patience, gentle with the pastry since it can easily tear!
Once you have your large rectangle, use pizza cutter or knife to cut triangles in dough – like a “zig zag” pattern – from top to bottom. Take bottom of each triangle, fold it up, rolling it up into a croissant-like shape. Place it on baking sheet, repeat with the others.
Brush tops of croissants with beaten egg wash. Place in oven for 20 minutes.
Heat sugar, water over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. Remove it from heat, let it cool slightly, stir in almond extract.
After 20 minutes, remove croissants, brush them liberally with almond syrup, press sliced almonds onto dough. Return croissants to oven, bake for 5 – 10 minutes. Gently cover croissants on the sheet with a piece of foil so they don't burn, bake for 10 minutes more. You want to make sure the insides are done! You can even cut one open to see if you'd like. If it's still doughy, return sheet to the oven for 5 minutes increments (still covered in foil) until done.
Let cool, sprinkle them with powdered sugar and filling with almond paste or pastry cream if desired!
Happy Baking!
These Puff Pastry Almond Croissants are so simple and delicious, you may never buy them at a coffee shop ever again! Have you tried these croissants before?
Let Us Know How You Liked Them!
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