Cronuts

Cronuts
How Simple Is This Recipe!
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: Approx. 15-20 minutes

 

Ingredients
1 box frozen puff pastry, thawed
flour for dusting
oil for frying
2 cups powdered sugar
several tbsp of milk or water

 Cooking Tools
Parchment lined sheet pan
Cooling rack
Round cookie or doughnut cutter
Rolling pin
Deep frying pan

Directions
Thaw puff pastry in refrigerator. Flour the surface that you will roll out your dough.  Unwrap both sheets of puff pastry dough and place one directly on top of the other. Using a rolling pin, roll to stretch out dough a few inches larger than the original size. Using the seams on the dough as reference, fold 1/3 of dough into the center, then the other 1/3 over back over the first fold.  Roll out the dough again until the dough is stretched out in all directions. If the dough starts to stick, just dust with a little flour. Using the doughnut cutter, cut out Cronuts and place on parchment paper. Place oil in deep frying pan, just enough for a few inches so its enough oil for the Cronuts to swim around. Heat oil to medium-high, place a few Cronuts at a time, not to overcrowd. Cook for a minute or two on each side until golden brown and it puffs up. Remove Cronuts to a sheet lined cooling rack, repeat with the rest of the Cronuts. As the Cronuts are cooling, In a mixing bowl; add powdered sugar and milk or water and whisk until smooth.  Dip warm Cronuts into the glaze and place back on cooling rack to let the glaze drip off.  Serve warm or at room temperature.
Cook's Note:  When you place dough into the heated oil, the dough will sink to the bottom as it starts to bubble and puff, then it will rise to the surface, turn once it starts to get golden brown.
Yields 8-10