Can I Make Croissants With Instant Yeast

The main difference between the two is that croissants are made with a yeast dough that is risen.

Can i make croissants with instant yeast. This is the second time Ive made laminated dough from scratch and thought I ended up with beautiful dough and rolled croissants. As most of the time involved in making croissants is spent in refrigerating the dough between turns to preserve the layers not in the doughs rising using instant yeast wont buy you very much time. Roll or pat the dough flat sprinkle the yeast on top then begin kneading the dough.

Place the sifted flour in the bowl of a mixer and add the fresh crumbled yeast in a hole in the middle. Although some sources recommend a 11 substitution. This method uses quite a lot of yeast one whole tablespoon which is more than a packet to get the croissants to rise quickly and it calls for instant yeast rapid-rise for additional speed.

Make sure to use as little yeast as possible. I certainly cant see any layers showing. Either yeast can be used but they are not equal.

Next add the sugar salt and butter each far away from the others and from the centre. It wont rise like croissants but it will make flaky pastries. Start mixing at low speed with the hook attachment and add the water progressively.

Most of the ingredients for making vegan croissant dough will be easy to find in any supermarket baking aisle. If you replace fresh yeast with dry for every gram of fresh yeast in the recipe use ½ gram of instant dry yeast. Also most grocery stores these days carry some kind of vegan plant-based milk.

You can use a smidge of commercial yeast to help you out more on that later If you dont have one check out my post to learn How to Make a Sourdough Starter. In general you triple the amount so that would mean 33 grams of fresh yeast however it is our experience at least with the fresh yeast we use here which tends to a little bit more enthusiastic than the instant yeast that 25 grams of fresh yeast is the right amount for the croissant recipe. Main Dough for 7-8 croissants 350 g bread flour protein 12-13 100 108 g water 31 109 g milk 31 32 g sugar 9 8 g salt 23 385 g instant yeast 11 205 g roll-in butter pastry butter with 82 fat or more 585 Night before.