Homemade salty crescent rolls

crescent rolls

 🍴  Servings: 4


🥣 Category: Baked Goods


💪 Difficulty Level: 4/5 


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The perfect crescent rolls

Crescent rolls are usually an elongated, crescent-shaped pastry made by rolling out a flat, usually plain flour, salted yeast dough and then baking it. This recipe comes from my grandmother and I think they are the most delicious crescent rolls in the world! I love to spread them with butter and cover them with a thin slice of ham. Give it a try, I highly recommend it!

Ingredients:

  • 400 g bread flour
  • 100 ml water
  • 100 ml milk
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 25 g fresh or 7 g dried yeast
  • 50 g melted butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • milk+butter for brushing

Steps:

  1. Mix the lukewarm milk and water with the yeast and sugar. Let rise for 10 minutes.
  2. Combine the sifted flour with the salt, melted butter and activated yeast mixture. Knead until you have a homogeneous, smooth and elastic dough. Cover the dough and leave it to rise for an hour.
  3. Fold the sides of the dough on a floured work surface until it has the shape of a round disk.
  4. Roll out the dough into a 13-14″ (30-35 cm) circle. Cut it into 8 wedges (like pizza slices). Roll out the wedges to a thickness of 1″ (2-3 mm) and roll them up tightly from the wide ends. Curve the crescents a little and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cover them and leave them to rise for 20 minutes.
  5. Brush crescent rolls with a thin layer of milk and bake in a preheated oven at 390°F (200°C) for 15 minutes. Brush them immediately with melted butter and bake for a further 3 minutes. Leave them to cool on a cooling rack and enjoy your rolls!

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