Another great family recipe... currently rising in the oven!
2 cakes compressed yeast (you MUST find the "active" yeast bricks next to the butter in the grocery store. Active dry packets do NOT taste the same)
1 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp salt
Crumble yeast cakes in a little bowl. Add 1 tsp sugar and a little of the milk (warmed, but not too hot). Cream butter, sugar and salt. Add well-beaten eggs and yeast mixture. Add half of the sifted flour and remaining milk, and beat well. Mix in the rest of the flour with your hands.
Knead gently in bowl until smooth Place in a well-greased bowl, cover, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
Remove dough from bowl to a floured board, and cut in two. Roll out each piece to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut like a pie into 16 pieces. Roll up each into a croissant shape, beginning at wide end of triangle. Roll tightly, and pull each roll out longer by gently tugging on the ends. Let rise about 1/2 hour.
Bake at 400 for 15 minutes. For a tender crust, brush with melted butter when removing from the oven.
2 cakes compressed yeast (you MUST find the "active" yeast bricks next to the butter in the grocery store. Active dry packets do NOT taste the same)
1 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp salt
Crumble yeast cakes in a little bowl. Add 1 tsp sugar and a little of the milk (warmed, but not too hot). Cream butter, sugar and salt. Add well-beaten eggs and yeast mixture. Add half of the sifted flour and remaining milk, and beat well. Mix in the rest of the flour with your hands.
Knead gently in bowl until smooth Place in a well-greased bowl, cover, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
Remove dough from bowl to a floured board, and cut in two. Roll out each piece to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut like a pie into 16 pieces. Roll up each into a croissant shape, beginning at wide end of triangle. Roll tightly, and pull each roll out longer by gently tugging on the ends. Let rise about 1/2 hour.
Bake at 400 for 15 minutes. For a tender crust, brush with melted butter when removing from the oven.
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