Veggie Crossants is egg free veg recipe. Made with dairy-free butter and pastry flour, these are just like the croissants we used to eat.
- Prep Time: 11 hours
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 11 hours 25 minutes
Ingredients of Veggie Crossants
- 2 ½ tsp active dry yeast
- 1 1/4 cup vanilla almond milk
- ¼ cup caster sugar
- 3 cups pastry flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup vegan butter
How to make Veggie Crossants
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Heat the almond milk for few seconds.
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Put the active dry yeast in almond milk and mix .
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The yeast must foam in order for the croissants to turn out. If the yeast does not foam try again.
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Pour the rest of the almond milk into the bowl with the caster sugar and mix in mixer.
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Sift the flour in another bowl. Slowly add the flour to the almond milk-yeast mixture in quarter cup increments.
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The dough is ready when it looks soft and sticky.
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After the dough appears soft and sticky, add the salt and mix to combine.
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Sprinkle some flour to a a plate that is dusted with about 1 tbsp of flour. Dump the dough onto the floured surface and kneed for two minutes.
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Place the dough on the plate and cut an X into the top of the dough.
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Let the dough rest in the fridge for at least one hour.
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Now beat the butter until it is completely smooth. Now beat in 2 tbsp of the flour.
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Put the butter on the floured surface and shape it square.
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Wrap the butter-flour mixture in plastic wrap and place it in the fridge to cool for 1 hour.
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after removing the dough, get ready to roll out this dough.
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Roll your dough into a large square.
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Place the butter block in the center of the dough and fold in each of the petals.
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Now roll the dough into an 18 by 10 rectangle.
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Fold the first third of the dough over, following by the second third. Lightly roll the dough to make sure the layers stick together.
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Put the dough back in the fridge for one hour.
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Remove the dough from the fridge and roll it back out into another long rectangle. Do another tri-fold and set that dough back into the fridge for overnight.
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Take the dough out of the fridge and roll it out into a rectangle that is ten inches long and as wide as you can roll it out.
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Cut the dough into triangles that have a base of approximately four to five inches, depending on how large you want your croissants.
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Take the triangles and slightly stretch them out. Starting from the widest side of the triangle, roll the triangles into crescent shapes.
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Transfer the croissants into ovan.
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Let croissants double in size in two hours.
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Preheat the oven to 400°F .
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Bake the croissants for ten minutes at this temperature.
- Croissants are ready to serve.