Czech bread
Description
Traveling through the Czech Republic, at any hotel breakfast you will inevitably be served crescent rolls that you can spread with butter, jam, or make a sandwich with sausage or cheese. You can buy them at any bakery, as they are one of the most popular types of bread. Or you can easily make them at home; a step‑by‑step recipe explains in detail how to do it. There are variations in shape, but the taste is exactly the same.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Sift the flour into a mixing bowl, add the salt, sugar, and dry yeast, and mix.
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Step 3
Pour in warm water, add softened butter.
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Step 4
Knead the dough, mix for 5‑10 minutes. Cover the dough with plastic wrap, place it in a warm place to rise for 1 hour.
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Step 5
After 1 hour, the dough has significantly increased in volume; proceed to preparing the croissants.
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Step 6
Divide the dough for convenience into 2 parts. Roll out the dough into a rectangle, divide it into 8 parts in the shape of triangles.
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Step 7
Make a small cut at the base of the triangle and roll it into a crescent roll.
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Step 8
Place the croissants on a baking sheet, spray with water and let them proof for 1 hour. Then spray with water again, sprinkle on top as you like: poppy seeds, coarse sea salt, sesame seeds or poppy seeds, or you can leave them unsprinkled. Bake the first 5–7 minutes with steam at 250 °C, then lower the temperature to 180 °C and bake for another 15–20 minutes.
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Step 9
Ready croissants are an excellent base for making both sweet and savory sandwiches. It's delicious!