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Wow! Cronuts have gone viral! Cronuts are basically a fancy croissant and donut hybrid mix. Since I don't live in New York, I had to make my own at home. I found a great recipe on Food52, and actually made it without breaking anything! At the bakery in New York, they're fried in grapeseed oil, and I'm sure there's some top secret ingredient, but this cronut copy cat recipe is good enough for me! It did take like six hours though… so let's get started.

Cronut Copycat Recipe

Cronut Copycat Recipe

 

Cronut Copycat Recipe

In a large bowl, mix together milk and yeast. Add in sugar, eggs, vanilla, and salt.

Cronut Copycat Recipe

Add in one cup of the flour, mix. Add in two more cups of flour, kneading until dough is elastic but still a little tacky.

Cronut Copycat Recipe

Transfer the cronut dough over to a baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for half an hour.

Cronut Copycat Recipe

While dough is chilling, combine the butter and 1/4 cup flour with mixer, until smooth.

Cronut Copycat Recipe

Take dough out of the refrigerator, and set it onto the lightly floured counter top. Roll the dough into a rectangle about 1/2″ thick. Spread the butter evenly over the dough. This is where it gets fun. Fold the dough in thirds, like you would a piece of paper. Cover the dough in plastic wrap, and put it back in the refrigerator for another 30 minutes.

Take the dough out, put it back on the countertop, and roll it out into another rectangle. Be sure to keep the open sides to your left and right. Fold the dough into thirds again. Chill the dough for another 30 minutes.

Repeat this process four times total. The first time you chilled the dough did not count – so you need to do it three more times after doing the step above. This part really confused me. The last time you wrap the dough in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge, leave it in there for an hour.

Cronut Copycat Recipe

Heat deep fryer up to 350* F. Roll your dough out to 1″ thickness, then cut into rings. I used a drinking glass for mine, and the lid of the sprinkles to make the holes in the middle. I practiced cooking the dough holes before putting the actual croissant rings in the fryer. They seemed very easy to screw up, so I wanted to be careful.

Cronut Copycat Recipe

Fry croissant rings, one at a time, until brown. This took about a minute or two on each side for mine. Flip them as necessary until they're the perfect golden brown. Set croissant rings on paper towels to drain. Roll in cinnamon and sugar, and cover with maple glaze or the frosting/icing of your choice.

Cronut Copycat Recipe

To make maple glaze, whisk together powdered sugar, maple syrup, and milk. Drizzle over cronuts while they're still warm. This batch made 9 cronuts.

Have you heard of Cronuts? If you live in New York, have you tried them? Make your own and let me know how they turn out! Please pin it!

 

Cronut Recipe

Cronut Copycat Recipe

These copycat cronuts are time consuming, but so worth it!
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Ingredients

  • 3/4 C. Warm Milk
  • 1 Tbsp. Active Dry Yeast
  • 1/3 C. Sugar
  • 2 Lg. Eggs
  • 1 Tsp. Vanilla
  • 3 1/2 C. All-Purpose Flour divided
  • 1 Tsp. Salt
  • 1 C. Room-Temperature Butter

Maple Glaze

  • 1/2 C. Powdered Sugar
  • 3 Tbsp. Pure Maple Syrup
  • 1 to 2 Tbsp. Milk

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine milk and yeast.
  • Add sugar, eggs, vanilla, and salt.
  • Add one cup of the flour. Mix well.
  • Add two more cups of flour, kneading until dough is elastic but still a little tacky.
  • Transfer the cronut dough to a baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for half an hour.
  • While dough chills, combine the butter and 1/4 cup flour with mixer, until smooth.
  • Remove dough from and set it onto the lightly floured counter top.
  • Roll the dough into a rectangle about 1/2″ thick.
  • Spread the butter evenly over the dough.
  • Fold the dough in thirds.
  • Cover the dough in plastic wrap, and put it back in the refrigerator for another 30 minutes.
  • (Take the dough out, put it back on the countertop, and roll it out into another rectangle. Be sure to keep the open sides to your left and right. Fold the dough into thirds again. Chill the dough for another 30 minutes.) Repeat FOUR TIMES, leaving the wrapped dough to chill for an hour at the end of the fourth time.
  • Heat deep fryer to 350* F.
  • Roll your dough out to 1″ thickness, then cut into rings.
  • Fry croissant rings, one at a time – a minute or two on each side. Flip as necessary until they’re the perfect golden brown.
  • Set croissant rings on paper towels to drain.
  • Roll in cinnamon and sugar, and cover with maple glaze or the frosting/icing of your choice.
  • (To make Maple Glaze – Whisk together powdered sugar, maple syrup, and milk. Drizzle over cronuts while they’re still warm.)
  • Serve and Enjoy!
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  1. Beth K says

    06/29/2013 at 10:16 pm

    It is weird that cronuts have taken off. I have always made my donuts using the tub croissants. I usually just slice them off, poke a hole in them, and then fry them up and put a little powdered sugar on top. These looks really really good though. :p

    Reply
    • SlapDashMom says

      06/30/2013 at 8:38 am

      I’ve never heard of tub croissants, do you get them at Walmart? I’d love to try an easier version lol.

      Reply
      • susan says

        06/30/2013 at 1:00 pm

        Maybe like pillsbury croissants? Thats the only way I have seen them here in Canada though :)

        Reply
  2. Ruth chu says

    06/30/2013 at 9:50 pm

    Mmm sounds good

    Reply
  3. Denise says

    07/01/2013 at 7:36 am

    Maybe she meant TUBE croissants? I don’t know that I have the patience to work with dough that long. My kid will probably make me try though.

    Reply
  4. Jen Anderson says

    07/01/2013 at 5:51 pm

    Holy cow, 6 hours! That’s dedication. Don’t think that everyone in NYC has had a cronut. Only one place makes them and you have to line up early in the morning to get one before they run out. So most of us haven’t had them. And many people who have, work someplace where they can send some poor intern to stand on line to get them. One other place has been selling knock offs, and I expect they’ll become more widespread.

    So how were they?

    Reply
    • SlapDashMom says

      07/01/2013 at 6:22 pm

      They were delicious! :)

      Reply
    • Marsha says

      09/15/2014 at 12:00 am

      But it’s a lot of that time just chilling in the fridge

      Reply
  5. Cath @ Cath's Cookery Creations says

    07/02/2013 at 3:24 am

    They turned out amazing! The craze has come over to Australia with one of our chefs making his own version of this called the Zonut. Found you via Chef in Training and have pinned your recipe for when I am game enough to try it.

    Have a great week
    Cath

    Reply
  6. Amanda @ thetastetester says

    07/02/2013 at 11:45 am

    I’ve been looking for a cronut recipe ever since I first heard about them just a couple of weeks ago. They look divine!

    Reply
  7. Susan says

    07/06/2013 at 10:12 pm

    They look heavenly. Bet I couldn’t eat just one! Thanks for sharing at Inspire Us Thursday.

    Reply
  8. Miz Helen says

    07/07/2013 at 6:28 pm

    Awesome tutorial for the delicious Cronut! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great week!
    Come Back Soon,
    Miz Helen

    Reply
  9. Jane George says

    07/11/2013 at 7:19 am

    Thanks for the recipe and the pictures, but it only takes me 3 hours to drive to New York, think I will try that first. LOL

    Reply
  10. Miz Helen says

    07/13/2013 at 8:00 pm

    Congratulations!
    Your recipe is featured this week on Full Plate Thursday. Have a great weekend and enjoy your new Red Plate!
    Come Back Soon,
    Miz Helen

    Reply
  11. Lani @ Rose Tinted Traveler says

    07/16/2013 at 4:23 pm

    Love this! Have been wanting to try this from all the buzz I’ve heard. It does sound easy. I don’t know if I have the patience to make them from scratch, but I know I should!

    Reply
  12. Beeb says

    08/21/2013 at 5:05 pm

    I actually ate my first Cronut on Sunday at a blogger event. It was a tapas competition, and the blogger who entered made cronuts stuffed with meat. YUM!

    Reply
  13. Denise Jordan says

    09/08/2013 at 7:59 am

    I used this recipe as a dessert for a dinner party that I had with some of my best girlfriends and I was a hit. I did however omit the cinnamon-sugar and the glaze that you provided for a more grown up glaze (a smooth rum glaze) that went perfect with both the gathering and the meal. But I will definitely be trying this delicious recipe in its breakfast format one day soon.
    Thanks for sharing such a wonderful creation!!!!

    Reply
  14. MzBaker says

    12/24/2013 at 2:00 am

    These look amazing and it’s similar to making that puffed pastry! Which is my next thing to make, I have searched recipes and compared them. I have one that seems good and the easiest lol lots of folding and rolling in that dough too. These look good though I may have to try these too! I love baking and cooking also :) I just can’t always do it.

    Reply
  15. kellsi says

    10/02/2014 at 11:13 pm

    This is the same process you use to make puff pastry? So if your looking for a short cut maybe try store bought puff pastry dough u can get it almost anywhere.

    Reply
  16. Dela says

    03/28/2015 at 1:31 pm

    I’ve made them twice in two weeks. Time consuming but very easy and well worth the effort… delicious!

    Reply
  17. Lisa says

    12/25/2016 at 9:59 am

    Omg they came out so good

    Reply
  18. Shawna says

    04/02/2017 at 8:18 am

    So, you put all of the butter on the dough the first time, and then just roll out and fold the dough all the other times? I just want to make sure that it isn’t where you split up the butter, and put it on the dough each time you roll it out. Thanks.

    Reply
  19. Dawn says

    06/23/2018 at 6:19 am

    Has anybody tried baking them instead of frying?
    Dawn

    Reply

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