Pâtisserie Vouz

Whenever I visit Trader Joe’s there are a few things I love to stock up on.  One of these is their frozen croissants with a few boxes of these in your freezer, you are ready to hang up a sign for your own French Pâtisserie. If you don’t have a Trader Joe’s in your area, order your frozen croissants from William-Sonoma.

Freshness is the key to good pastries, nothing compares to a pastry that is fresh from the oven.  Most pastries we taste in bakeries or coffee shops are at least a few hours old, if not a day!

The beauty of these delights is that they have been formed and frozen and ready to be “proofed” (allowed to rise), and baked.

After a few simple steps, warm from the oven goodness is there for you and yours (not to mention that incredible smell!)

This morning, for a friends birthday, a group was gathering before tennis.  What better treat for a special day than a fresh baked croissant.

Here is how easy it was:

Last night I place the frozen mini croissants on the tray. I cut the chocolate croissants in 1/2 and placed them on the tray.

After my beauty sleep I awoke to these lovely, fluffy, soft puffs:

I slid the tray into my oven, at 375 degrees.

And pulled these out 20 minutes later:

 The entire market smelled like Poilâne, the famous Parisian bakery!!

If you’d like, you can brush a little egg white onto the pastries to give them a sheen, but I don’t know if they need it.

These croissants were baked without an egg wash:

These do have an egg wash:

To make an egg wash, crack open a fresh egg. Over a bowl, drop the egg back and forth between the 2 halves, allowing the egg white liquid to be captured in the bowl.  Use a basting brush to paint the egg whites onto the unbaked pastries.

 After packing the warm croissants into bowls, I grabbed a candle and matches and ran to the party!

Happy Birthday KP!

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  • Oh Thanks for letting me know about these! I love Trader Joes but we don't have one here. My daughter goes to school in Chapel Hill, NC and they have one there so when we went to visit here earlier this week I stocked up on wine, cheese, and some fruit and vegetables….their prices are unbelievable! I will definitely be getting some of these next time!

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