Kouign Amann World S Best Pastry

I highly encourage all of you to make this at home. It is a kind of laminated dough that is used to make puff pastry or croissants. Now, if you ask me what laminated dough is - in simple terms, it means folding layers of butter in the dough, rolling it, and then chilling it. It’s really a fun process. I have prepared this dish on numerous occasions, and I was excited every single time.

My inspiration for this recipe has been my favorite chef John from Food Wishes. I have been following his recipes from the time I am in the USA, and his recipes never fail - in fact, it ends up being a super hit item at home every single time. And therefore, all the credit for this recipe goes to him. I have my detailed recipe below, but you can also check the video by chef John on how it is done.

If you are a salty caramel lover like me, you will go crazy over this dessert. I can bet you on this!

How to make Kouign Amann - World’s best fattiest pastry 🙂

The ingredients used in this recipe are very basic and simple. To prepare the dough, activate the yeast and add 2 cups of flour and mix to form a sticky dough. Next, transfer the dough to a working surface, add flour in small increments and knead till you get a soft, elastic dough. This is done so that you don’t add excess flour all at once but add only as much as needed. The amount of flour may vary depending on the brand of flour, as well as weather conditions. Let the dough rest at room temperature until doubled in size.

What creates the layers in pastries

Next comes the fun part. I just love this. Laminated dough or creating beautiful layers for the pastry. Rolling it into rectangles, grating butter, and folding it into thirds. Do this twice with 2 ice-cold sticks of butter and 2 times without butter. A detailed recipe is provided below in the recipe section. One more interesting step you do here is to combine salt and sugar. Yes, it is a sweet as well as a savory treat. The salt in the recipe gives an additional kick here. Because I have added the salted butter throughout my recipe, I have reduced the amount of salt.

If using unsalted butter, increase the amount of salt. Coat this salt-sugar mixture inside each muffin tin, and just before you bake, roll the dough on a sugar-salt sprinkled surface. Keep sprinkling more and more sugar as you roll them into a rectangle.

How to shape pastry or pastries?

Finally, to shape them, cut the rectangle into 12 squares and for each square, bring the sides together to center and place it in the muffin tin. You are ready to bake now, and the world’s best pastry is right before you in less than 30 minutes!!! Follow me on Instagram and tag me with #cookwithkushi so that I get a chance to see all the recipes you make and give it a ♥

Ingredients to prepare Kouign Amann, the world’s best pastry

For the laminated dough

1 cup Warm water 1 packet Active dry yeast ( 2 ¼ tsp) 1 tablespoon Sugar 1 tablespoon Melted butter, salted (feel free to use unsalted butter) 2 ¼ cups All purpose flour, plus more as needed 1 teaspoon Salt

Other ingredients (for seasoned sugar)

¾ cup Sugar ½ teaspoon Salt 2 sticks Ice Cold salted butter for pastry (8 oz) (feel free to use unsalted butter, check notes) 1 tablespoon Melted butter for muffin pan, salted (feel free to use unsalted butter)