How I make croissants from scratch | Easy version

Ingredients
For the dough
500g bread flour
7g dried yeast
7g salt
50g sugar
280g milk
For the butter block
250g high fat butter (I use Kerry gold)

Method
1. Pour all your dough ingredients into a mixing bowl. Either by hand or in a stand mixer, knead the ingredients into a smooth dough (5-8 minutes). Scoop out the dough, roll into a ball then cut a little cross in the centre. Push out the corners into a rectangle, wrap in clingfilm and place in the fridge for 4-24hrs (whatever works for you).
2. Cut your butter in half (lengthways) and place both halves inside a sheet of folded baking paper. With a rolling pin, beat into a 1 -2cm thick rectangle. Butter should be easy to dent but not spreadable.
3. Lightly flour your work surface and roll the dough into a rectangle, double the size of your butter. Place the butter in the centre of the dough and fold both sides into the middle, encasing the butter. Roll out into a 2 cm thick rectangle, then pull the two ends into the middle and like a book, fold over. Pop this in the fridge to chill and relax for half an hour, then repeat the folding process and return back to the fridge.
4. Roll out the dough onto a 1-2cm thick rectangular, roughly 80x30 cm. Cut 8-9 triangles. Take each triangle in turn and pull the two corners at the base to stretch and widen it. Starting at the base of each triangle, begin to gently roll into a croissant. Place onto a lined baking tray, and proof in an ambient oven (enclosed space) with a tray of hot water underneath. Preheat the oven to 200c/ 180c fan.
5. Brush the croissants with an egg whisked with a pinch of salt and 1/2 tbsp milk or cream. Bake for 15-18 minutes until golden. Cool and enjoy 💗

[nursultantulyakbaycats]

You are genuinely skilled. In my country most croissants are made with bought puff pastry. You going the extra mile is nice to see. I wish i had a baker like you in my area

[karxnty]

Your video has inspired me to finally try and make croissants! I was always very intimidated by it, thinking you’d need the machine roller but you just made it look effortless (I know it’s not really!!) and doable! So this will be today’s activity for me! 💗

[chlorophyllheart]

I'm sure I watched a video where they flattened the dough and butter, put it in the fridge, added more butter and folding and rolling, and repeated that many times to get a croissant. It took a whole day or two.
It's nice to know there are simpler ways.

[jaksville]

Thank you Kitty as a training baker you’ve demistified the folding and croissant making in general for me Excellent!!

[Jabjabricot]

I'm French and you say croissant perfectly, with only just a hint if super cute accent ! ❤

[ellii.i]

I tried them and they were amaaaazing😻🥰 thank you for explaining & sharing the recipe ❤

[karxnty]

You need longer almost real time videos of you working in your bakery (a day in my life kinda) because I totally would watch it 😭 I enjoy watching Korean YouTubers as they go about the day making their bakes!

[SophieDavies-lt]

You really have the tastiest recipe for this dish!

[Jona_quiver]

I like watching your videos very satisfying, I’m also a home baker mum and wanted to have a small business baking.. u inspired me to continue and do what I love to do .. keep it up always!

[plantasticjourney]

I made them according to this video for the first time and they were perfect. Filled them with whipped chocolate ganache. Heeeavenly goodnes. It was scary that the dough is so firm... turns out that it has to be so it's similar firmness as the butter and both can spread evenly. I just used margarin instead of butter since it's to expensive in Serbia for our standard.

[MarieJeannesonyaMazebo-oonx]

Thank you very much. it tastes so delicious

[marcelinaprzygodzka]

The best recipe EVER! My first time and already perfect! <3

[Silvia-rfyd]

Everything looks easy and nice when you do it! 😊
I will try with a vegan butter, many thanks for your useful and beautiful videos! 🤗🥰

[lmfao]

Your dough always looks so perfect. Mine never comes out that good.

[sirwalksoftly]

LOVE IT! Simple and practical. I noticed no flour on the surface for rolling which is good too. Thank you.

EDIT: How long do you proof?

[MayasahAlNema]

I tried your recipe and it was amazing

[colleenbalch]

Lovely! You make it look so easy. Do you set an alarm to remind you when the dough has chilled enough and is ready for another roll out?

[tanvirahmed]

I will try it and let you know the results. 😊

[huetran-susuvan]

Your video is nice, the food is so good❤

[ralucatudorache]

It’s looks super awesomely easy. Can we please get the measurements? 🥺🥺🥺🥺