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three homemade almond croissants beside a cup of coffee and red and white napkin

Quick And Easy Homemade Almond Croissants

Karon Grieve
These super easy almond croissants are golden and flaky and filled with fabulous frangipane almond cream, perfect with your favourite cuppa anytime
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course baking
Cuisine French
Servings 6 people
Calories 387 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 50 g ground almonds
  • 1 egg
  • 50 g butter softened
  • 30 g sugar white
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • 1 tbsp flaked almonds
  • 320 g puff pastry 1 pkt ready rolled puff pastry
Metric - US Customary

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 190C and line a baking tray

For the frangipane

  • Place all the ingredients (not the flaked almonds) in a food mini processor and give it a whizz so everything is smooth and well combined

Putting it together

  • Unroll the puff pastry and cut it into 3 rectangles then cut each in half diagonally so you end up with 6 long thin triangles
  • Spread each triangle with the frangipane paste and roll up from the wider end
  • Spread more frangipane paste on top of each croissant and sprinkle with the flaked almonds
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes till golden then allow to cool a little before serving

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Notes

You will get 6 homemade almond croissants from this easy recipe.
Serve them warm on the day you make them.

Nutrition

Calories: 387kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 7gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 152mgPotassium: 67mgFiber: 2gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 54IUCalcium: 41mgIron: 2mg
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