The flakiness of croissants is turned into a donut delight in the amazing creation that is lovingly known as a Cronut. Experience this famous Manhattan-born treat for yourself and make it at home.
Cronuts: the famous donuts from Dominique Ansel in New York City that combine croissants and donuts for one amazing pastry called a cronut. This specialty pastry isn’t made everywhere, but now you can experience the delight for yourself at home.
Butter Matters
The quality of butter you use in this recipe matters. High-fat European-style butter like Plugra or Kerry Gold will produce the flakiest result. Be sure to use unsalted butter when making pastries so that you can control the flavor, as well as produce the best texture.
Don’t be intimidated by the fact that this recipe takes 3 days to make. You have less than an hour of actual hands-on time each day. The rest is just resting and rising. You really can do this! I’ve included pictures for the complicated step of laminating the dough so there is no confusion.
Filling Ideas
The cronut can be enjoyed by itself, but can also be filled like regular donuts. Our favorite is strawberries and cream, but feel free to be inspired by other flavors and fillings like pastry cream, nutella, lemon curd, or chocolate whipped cream.
I tried these after you first posted them and they were a HUGE hit! My husband doesn't like donuts at all… but he loved these!!
I'm so glad you actually made them! I think the 3 day thing is really scary to a lot of people, but it is totally doable. The only really hard part is the anticipation of waiting!
These look AMAZING! Love cronuts, and I've only had the Dunkin Donuts version lol.
These are stunning. After having my first cronut in NY this summer and seeing your gorgeous photos I'm feeling totally inspired to give them a go!
I am a laminated dough phobe, I admit it. Wouldn't you like to come visit and make these for me? 😉 Because wow you did a gorgeous job!
Love Plugra <3 and I'm DYING over these CRONUTS.
This sounds amazing! I've heard so much about the cronut but didn't really know how it was made. Looks really yummy!
Ok. I need these in my life. These are now on my baking bucket list!!
These sound amazing!! Thanks for sharing!!
Oh goodness these look so good! I have never heard of cronuts before but I think my hubby would love them and I know I would! Pinning
Wow! I've made croissants from Julia Child's recipe and thought that was pretty involved… Your photos are awesome…the cronuts looks nice and fluffy and the long slow rise gives them a nice flavor, I'll bet. I'd love to make them sometime. Did you cook the scraps and holes as well? What a treat! 🙂
I did try cooking the scraps and they fell apart. I also tried cooking them without the hole in the middle which was also a disaster. The actual shape of the donut is crucial to it staying together and not just flaking apart. Now, admittedly those flaked apart donut holes still tasted fabulous!