Cheese croissant

ScratchMonkey said:

I baked a tin of Pillsbury croissants the other day and
decided I wanted to spruce them up a bit. So I grabbed my
tub of grated cheese from the freezer and sprinkled that
over the triangles of pastry before rolling them up and
baking them. (I freeze my grated cheese to make it last
longer.) Because the cheese was frozen, it didn't start to
melt until the croissants were already baked, so it didn't
leak out all over the baking pan. Worked pretty well.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but those are crescent
rolls, not really croissants. Still, I've done the cheese
trick myself and it does work well and adds something to
them. You might also try a light sprinkling of herbs - say
Penzey's Bonnes Herbs - or even a sprinkle of garlic powder.

Jill

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Not to put too fine a point on it, but those are crescent
rolls, not really croissants.

No, go ahead, put a fine point on it! 😉 What's the
difference?

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You might also try a light sprinkling of herbs - say
Penzey's Bonnes Herbs - or even a sprinkle of garlic
powder.

I was considering the latter for next time. I didn't want to
go too "wild" on the first try. 😉

ScratchMonkey said:

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Quoted message said:

Not to put too fine a point on it, but those are crescent
rolls, not really croissants.

No, go ahead, put a fine point on it! 😉 What's the
difference?

Size! Heheh. Also, croissants are labor intensive and easy
to flub up if you don't handle the flaky dough with cold
butter exactly right. One reason I'd rather just let the
Pillsbury dough boy make crescent rolls 🙂

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Quoted message said:

You might also try a light sprinkling of herbs - say
Penzey's Bonnes Herbs - or even a sprinkle of garlic
powder.

I was considering the latter for next time. I didn't want
to go too "wild" on the first try. 😉

Works great - and hey, those rolls of dough are cheap. I
don't know what your "grated cheese" was but I've
experimented with different cheeses. A really interesting
one is crumbled feta, which I keep frozen in a small tub.

Jill

ScratchMonkey said:

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Not to put too fine a point on it, but those are crescent
rolls, not really croissants.

No, go ahead, put a fine point on it! 😉 What's the
difference?

There's quite a big difference. Real croissants are a
combination yeasted/laminated dough. Laminated dough is what
puff pastry is... many layers of butter and flour created by
turning and rolling.

Puff pastry is laminated dough, but with no yeast.
Croissant dough is the same as puff pastry (i.e. laminated)
but it also contains sugar and yeast. There's nothing in
the world like it.

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ScratchMonkey said:

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Not to put too fine a point on it, but those are
crescent rolls, not really croissants.

No, go ahead, put a fine point on it! 😉 What's the
difference?

For starters, crescent is easier to spell and not so
snobby sounding.

;-)

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

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I don't know what your "grated cheese" was but I've
experimented with different cheeses. A really interesting
one is crumbled feta, which I keep frozen in a small tub

I went for extra sharp cheddar, which I normally have for
sprinkling on mac and cheese or tacos. I might true some
blue, next time.

Same here with the feta, I've got some from Costco in
the freezer. I'll try that alongside the blue in
another crescent.

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For starters, crescent is easier to spell and not so
snobby sounding.

LOL

And it has the same name as my wrench! 😄

ScratchMonkey said:

sf <[email hidden]> wrote in
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For starters, crescent is easier to spell and not so
snobby sounding.

LOL

And it has the same name as my wrench! 😄

There ya go, it's egalitarian too!

Practice safe eating - always use condiments