Homemade Cronuts Recipe

This might be the first time you ever heard of cronuts, but this is not the last time you’ll be making it!

Homemade cronuts are the perfect example of the saying “Good things take time.” It might take a while to finish due to its intricacy, but it sure is worth it.

Cronuts are basically croissant donuts — shaped like a donut and has a croissant texture on the inside. It was created and trademarked in 2013 by the French pastry chef Dominique Ansel, and has since been recreated in many parts of the world due to its uniqueness.

So does it taste like a croissant or a donut? Both! Its feel and texture is that of a flaky, layered croissant while giving you the satisfying bite of a perfectly round donut with rich custard filling.

Follow this food recipe and you won’t need to find where to buy cronuts or look for donut shops that can make them for you — just do it yourself, adjust to your liking, and learn how to make cronuts like a pro baker!

In this recipe, we’ll use high quality ingredients you can buy from O-Superstore on Iskaparate.com.

The unsalted butter from Maven is high in fat and milk content which make every recipe its added to delectably creamy in texture.

For a specifically healthy vegetable oil, this one from Ecofry is refined, bleached, and deodorized palm olein oil is fortified with Vitamin A, ensuring both nutritional benefits and excellent cooking performance.

For a tasty and creamy filling that you can quickly prep, Baker’s Delite offers ready-to-whip paste that yields smooth, firm, and textured whipped cream with a distinctly sweet flavor and a hint of vanilla. It’s perfect for deal for topping cakes, pastries, and desserts! Just add cold water or milk and whip to your desired texture.and you’re all done.

Ready to make the one of the best French pastries with only your grocery items in the pantry? See recipe below!

Ingredients

240g all-purpose flour

30g cup sugar

1 tsp salt

60g Maven unsalted butter, cold and cubed

118ml cup milk, warmed

2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

500 ml Ecofry Vegetable Oil for frying

60g sugar for coating

For the Filling:

1 cup Baker's Delite Whip Creme / Cream Paste

1 tbsp vanilla extract

Preparation

Directions

• In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm milk and let it sit for about 5 minutes or until it becomes foamy.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, and salt. Add the cold butter cubes and cut them into the flour mixture using a pastry cutter or your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs
• Pour the yeast mixture, egg, and vanilla extract into the flour mixture. Mix until a soft dough forms, then transfer it to a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough for 5-7 minutes until it becomes smooth.
• Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow it to firm up.
• Roll out the dough into a large rectangle. Fold it like a letter, then roll it out again. Repeat this folding process 3 times to create flaky layers in the cronuts.
• Use a round cutter to cut out doughnut shapes from the rolled dough. Cover the cut cronuts with a clean cloth and let them rise for 30 minutes.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot to 350°F (175°C). Fry the cronuts in small batches, cooking each side for 2-3 minutes until golden brown. Drain on paper towels to remove excess oil.
• Roll the still-warm cronuts in sugar. Using a piping bag fitted with a small tip, fill each cronut with pastry cream, whipped cream, or others you may prefer. This is where your imagination can run wild!