Cronuts

[craig87c]

You guys heard of these things? people will stand in line for hours...or if they're not patient will pay someone $40 for one. I'm neither patient nor willing to send $40 for a bit of fried dough so I decided to make my own.

Using this recipe, I tried to put it all together. Worked well for the most part except that the butter would melt entirely too easily in the sauna/oven of an NYC kitchen in late June. Had a couple of friends over and we gorged on the treats. I'll give it another shot when I'm not risking heat stroke while cooking

Anyone else willing to Give it a shot?

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

I'm game... It may take a couple of days of waiting... Mainly because I will be using the fryer at work at work and want it clean... But I want to try them and may be salivating about uses with a bourbon and chocolate custard sauce.

 

[YetiDave]

If I still worked in a kitchen or had access to a fryer I'd give it a go

 

[Jim]

Wooo, scoop of cinnamon ice cream with mine if you please.

 

[Shaving_CHENG]

Sure, why not, but it will be a while before I'm in NYC again, and who knows, the fad could have passed by then.

 

[craig87c]

They weren't difficult to make by any means...just a bit of trouble with the heat. Making anything with dough is pretty new to me, so everything feels like an adventure at this point. Sorry I didn't take any pictures, they really didn't last long enough for me to get any.

 

[Sullybob]

These look crazy good. I think I'll make a batch before the summer is over.

 

[Mike H]

Bumping this old thread, as I had one this morning. While is was not from Ansel's in NYC, it came from a Dunkin Donuts in west Kentucky, it was still not worth the $2.39.

 

[dgreene120]

These are awesome, but they will totally kill my chances of completing the 90-day challenge!

 

[BSAGuy]

Interesting. Those look tasty, but for me, no hunk of flour is worth that kind of time or $40. Kudos to the maker, though. He's coining money. Capitalism at its best!

 

[Edcculus]

I missed this thread the first time around. I've never had the famed "Cronut" from Dominique Ansel. Our local French bakery has been doing something similar to this for a while, and its awesome. They take their Croissant dough, form it into a donut shape then fry it (like the Cronut). They then pipe in some custard into a few spots. Its divine. They call it the French Donut. I can't imagine the Dunkin Donuts version being very good. I'd imagine it would take a real working bakery to pull these off. My local bakery makes their Croissants and all their bread fresh every day.