Paulchens FoodBlog?!

The Bread Baking Babes are in town again. This time it is Katie from Thyme for Cooking in France who chose the theme and therefore is the Kitchen Babe of the Month.

She challenged her fellow babes with… yes you guess it! – Croissants!

I can tell you it is worth to wander around and visit the fabulous Babes and their croissants. Mmmmmmh! Mouthwatering! Delicious!

I am always a bit in  worry when it comes to bake things that have to be formed nicely and have to stay that way through proofing and baking… but as you can see from thr pics above the dough was wonderful to work with did not fail me.

After reading through all the Babe’s blogs I decided to lean a  bit more against Mary’s version than the original posted by Katie (hope you can forgive me, tho Katie).

The only exception – as always: I used spelt flour instead of wheat and did two more turns. As it was about 11 pm yesterday when I was done with the turns I put the dough in the fridge and finished making the croissants this morning 6 am.

I did three different versions:

Plain croissants, Pain au Chocolate (with dark mint chocolate) and ones with incorporated cinnamon (especially for Mrs Q. who loves cinnamon but does not fancy croissants…)

I cut the rising time a bit knowing that my dough with spelt flour would not hold the shape as long as the wheat versions.

I am pretty pleased with the layers tho:

Vive la croissant! :)

Be sure to visit the Bread Baking Babes:
Notitie Von Lien (Lien), My Kitchen In Half-Cups (Tanna), Bake My Day (Karen), Cookie Baker Lynn (Lynn),I like To Cook (Sara) , A Fridge Full Of Food..And Nothing To Eat (Glenna), Lucullian Delights (Ilva), Grain Doe (Gorel), The Sour Dough (Mary aka Breadchick), Living On Bread And Water (Monique), Thyme For Cooking (Katie)
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