Laminated dough

Last updated on October 5th, 2023. Have you ever marveled at a croissant’s delicate, flaky layers or a Danish pastry’s flaky texture? These delightful treats are made with a particular type of dough called laminated dough. In this blog post, we’ll take you through making laminated dough step by step so that you can enjoy […]

Learn how to make all-butter laminated dough for croissants by following this easy step-by-step guide to encasing a butter block in yeasted dough.

Croissants

I don’t remember when I first laid eyes on a cruffin, but it was intrigue at first sight. Tall, sugared, flaky pastries often filled and garnished to the max, cruffins are a feast for the eyes and Instagram feeds. These laminated darlings are relatively young in the pastry world (they were invented by the famed […]

This French laminated dough is also known as pâte feuilletée which means “dough of leaves”. This technique of laminated dough got its start in Vienna, possibly with a little help from the ancient pastries of Morocco. No matter its origin, it was codified along with other classics in the French pâtisserie tradition, and it is the puffiest of them all. Like the other laminated doughs, it takes time to make, but the rewards are rich in flavor and fine in texture.

Kouign-amann are a sweet, yeasted pastry made with laminated dough coated in salty sugar that caramelizes when baked. This version is baked in a muffin pan and rolled up like a cinnamon bun into rounds, instead of a typical crown shape.

Laminated dough is the perfect blank canvas for a baker. It can go sweet or savory, and you can shape it in so many ways. I’ve used this sourdough danish dough previously to make these delicious morning buns, and in this post I’m giving just a couple more ways to put this pastry to work. […]

This dough is inspired by Mandy Lee's laminated Dough, skips using the butter in a block instead spreading room-temp butter over the surface of dough and proceed with folds. The resulsts are amazingly flaky homemade croissant dough.

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Cruffins, Laminated Dough, Breakfast, Sourdough Bread