Chocolate Croissants

The Hubby and I both love croissants. I have always wanted to make them for him on a weekend morning, but the whole laminated dough thing was a little intimidating to say the least. A few weekends back I was up early and of course watching the cooking channel. Nigella Lawson was making homemade chocolate croissants and they were sort of semi-homemade. I love Nigella because she is just so real. So off to the store I went to buy the few ingredients these required and the rest as we say is history!

 

Ingredients:

1 package of frozen puff pastry, defrosted

1 egg , beaten

1 bar of good chocolate, bittersweet

Preheat your oven to 425* and place your rack in the center of the oven.

After the pastry is defrosted I cut each sheet into 4 squares first, then cut each square diagonally so you have a lopsided triangle.

Chop up your bar into small pieces about 1 inch. Mine might have been larger (take that to the bank).

You can use parchment, this is what I used. You don't spray this or your parchment as there is enough butter in the pastry to prevent sticking.

Place a chunk of the chocolate on the large end and begin rolling up.

When they are done, use a pastry brush and brush with beaten egg for a beautiful brown. Bake for about 15 minutes, until golden brown and puffy.

Because there are 2 sheets in the box you can make quite a bit.

I served mine warm out of the oven. Do try and let them rest a minute or two as that chocolate can get very hot! Try and let them rest a minute before you devour them!

Jill

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