Description
Flaky golden croissants filled with rich Nutella. Make an easy 3-ingredient version or authentic homemade croissants.
Ingredients
Scale
Quick Version (8 servings):
- 1 sheet puff pastry (10x10 in), thawed
- 1/2 cup Nutella
- 1 egg (for egg wash)
From-Scratch Version (12 servings):
- 4 cups (500 g) all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup (50 g) sugar
- 1 tbsp (10 g) instant yeast
- 2 tsp (10 g) salt
- 1 cup (240 ml) whole milk, warm
- 2 tbsp (30 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups (340 g) cold butter (for laminating)
- 3/4 cup (200 g) Nutella
- 1 egg + 1 tbsp milk (egg wash)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Cut puff pastry into triangles.
- Spoon Nutella onto wide end.
- Roll into croissant shape, seal edges, brush with egg wash.
- Bake 15–18 minutes until golden.
For homemade version:
- Mix flour, sugar, yeast, salt, milk, and butter into dough.
- Laminate dough with butter, folding to create layers.
- Chill, roll into triangles, spread Nutella.
- Shape into croissants, proof until puffy.
- Bake until golden and flaky.
Notes
Store croissants in an airtight container up to 3 days.
Freeze baked croissants for up to 2 months.
Reheat in oven or air fryer for crisp flakiness.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Breakfast, Pastry
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French, American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 croissant
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 220mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 45mg