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# Real Chocolate Croissants from Scratch

My chocolate croissants, made from homemade yeasted laminated dough with three butter folds and a night in the fridge, filled with a piece of chocolate.

## What you need

### For the dough

- 4 cups All-purpose flour
- ½ cup Lukewarm water
- ½ cup Lukewarm milk
- ¼ cup Sugar
- 2 tsp Salt
- 2¼ tsp Dry yeast (1 packet)
- 3 tbsp Soft butter

### For the butter layer

- 1¼ cups Cold butter

### For filling and brushing

- 1 Egg, for brushing
- Chocolate pieces

## How I make it

### Day 1: The dough and the folds

1. Put the flour, water, milk, sugar, salt, yeast and soft butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook.
2. Knead until the dough is soft and smooth.
3. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
4. Place the cold butter between two sheets of parchment paper and roll it out into an even square. Keep the square in the refrigerator.
5. After 1 hour, roll the dough out into a rectangle, place the butter square on it, enclose the butter in the dough and refrigerate for 1 hour.
6. Take the dough out of the refrigerator and roll it out into a long rectangle.
7. Fold the top half toward the center, then fold the bottom part toward the center. Turn the dough 180 degrees and return it to the refrigerator for 1 hour.
8. Repeat the rolling, folding and turning 3 times (this creates 27 layers in the dough).
9. After the 3 repetitions, let the dough rest in the refrigerator overnight.

### Day 2: Shaping and baking

1. Take the dough out and divide it into four pieces. Roll out each piece and cut it into squares.
2. Place a piece of chocolate on each square and roll it up.
3. Place the croissants on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, leaving space between them.
4. Brush with egg (refrigerate the leftover egg) and let the croissants rest for 1 hour.
5. Preheat the oven to 390°F.
6. Brush again with the remaining egg and bake for 15 minutes, or until golden.

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