In this video tutorial I will show you how to bake French butter croissants.  The butter croissant recipe video is quite simple to follow.

Ingredients : Butter Croissant Recipe

• 500 grams strong white bread flour
• 40 grams caster sugar
• 300 ml warm milk
• 1 large egg
• 250 grams cold unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons dried yeast

For the glaze

• 1 medium egg beaten together with 1 tablespoon of milk

Method : Croissant Recipe Easy

• Add all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, add the egg, milk and mix. Knead the mixture with your hands in the bowl and then tip it onto your work surface and knead until nice and smooth.
• Brush some oil in the large bowl and put the dough inside and let it rise until doubled in size.
• While your dough is rising get your block of butter and flatten it between two pieces of greaseproof paper to form a rectangle roughly 16cm x 5cm /6 inches by 2 inches and put it in the fridge to keep it cold.
• When the dough has risen gently knock the dough and then tip it onto a floured work surface and then roll it out into a rectangle about 46cm x 15cm/18 x 6 inches.
• Remove the butter from the fridge and put it in the middle of the pastry. Fold the top down over the pastry and then the bottom covering and also cover the sides too. Do one book turn and then roll the pastry to the same size as the original size and then.
• Fold the croissant dough again and put it in the fridge to chill for about an hour.
• Get it out and then fold the croissant dough again to the original size and then fold one more time and then roll it again to the original size and then cut in half length ways and then cut the dough into triangles using a knife.
• Roll the dough into croissant shapes and then tuck the point under the croissants to prevent them from unrolling while they bake and then put on the prepared baking tray.
• Let them rise again until double in size and then brush with the egg and milk mixture (10 minutes before they finish rising preheat your oven to 200 Celsius. ) and bake the homemade classic French croissants in the oven for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
• Put on a cooling rack to cool completely or wait until they are warm and serve.

You may like to try these pain au chocolat (chocolate croissants)

Enjoy!