EASY PAIN AU CHOCOLAT #recipe @VMBURNS

VMBURNS: Pain au chocolat is French and sounds really fancy. It's basically a chocolate croissant. I was in the mood, but I am not skilled enough to make flaky, homemade croissants. Thankfully, I didn't need to. I found a super easy recipe that uses frozen puff pastries. Of course, I made a few adjustments. These are so easy that even Maddy Montgomery, the fashionista, social media influencer, and owner of Baby Cakes Bakery can make them. My sister doesn't like chocolate (she's weird), but I thought they were great.

EASY PAIN AU CHOCOLAT

Ingredients

·      Frozen Puff Pastry sheets

·      Dark chocolate

·      1 Large egg

·      1 Tablespoon water

·      Powdered sugar for dusting

 

InSTRUCTIONS

1.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2.  Thaw the puff pastry sheets for at least 15 minutes.
3.    Combine egg and water and beat until combined to make an egg wash.
   
   
   
4.    Unfold one puff pastry sheet. Roll the pastry sheet onto a lightly floured work surface until it’s symmetrical. Slice each sheet into 4 equal sections (8 total).
   
   
   
5.    Place a chunk of chocolate near left edge of the pastry square. Then, fold the left edge of the pastry and the chocolate over. Add another chunk of chocolate on top of that and this time fold the pastry from the other (right) side. Continue rolling the pastry until you have an oblong.
   
   
   
6.   Repeat with the remaining puff pastry sections.
7.    Add the pastries to the prepared baking sheet and brush the top and sides with the egg wash mixture.
   
   
   
8.   Bake for 15-18 minutes until golden brown and puffed up.
9.    Allow the pastries to cool and then dust with powdered sugar.

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• READERS: Chocolate Croissants? Yay or Nay? Let me know in the comments below. 

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But she doesn’t have to wait long for a wedding disaster to strike. When the imperious Dorothy crashes the rehearsal dinner—with several uninvited guests in tow—and starts battering everyone with constant complaints, the drama reaches reality-show levels. And the next day, Dorothy is dead . . . with Hannah standing over the body, bloody rolling pin in hand.

Nobody in town believes Miss Hannah could commit murder. But a detective newly relocated from New York doesn’t know the sweet, memory-challenged Hannah the way the locals do—and the evidence seems open-and-shut as an oven. Now, with her sous-sleuths the Baker Street Irregulars, the bride-to-be is busy digging into Dorothy’s past to catch a killer before she cuts the cake . . .

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