monkeys and ponies

I have always wanted to make croissants, while also always being terrified of making laminated pastry. It looks so complicated! And like it's so much work! Probably not worth the effort!

But then I acquired a 25lb. bag of flour and some other baking supplies from a nearby pub that had switched to grocery sales while restaurants remain closed, and even though I gave half of it to my sister and a friend, that still left me with 12-ish pounds of flour to bake with.

CROISSANT TIME.
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