Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)


Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
This sweet cracker dough ("craquelin" in French) is a very simple mixture: equal parts of flour, butter and light brown sugar. It is simlilar to a shortbread dough and can be rolled out very thinly and cut into any shape as desired. Craquelin is mostly used (though not exclusively) on top of choux pastry (pâte à choux) to give a more attractive and regular result, with eclairs, for example, and gives them a delicious crisp crust on the top.

This is very much the current trend in French patisserie: less icing, at least on choux pastries, and more use of "craquelin". The pastries lose a bit of colour, but are less sweet and are crisper.
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Last modified on: February 10th 2019

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For 450 g, you will need:
  • 1 flour 150 g flour
  • 2 brown sugar 150 g brown sugar
  • 3 butter 150 g butter
  • Total weight: 450 grams

Change these quantities to make: 50 g 75 g 150 g 300 g 450 g
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
Put into a mixer bowl: 150 g flour, 150 g brown sugar and 150 g butter, cut into small pieces.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
Knead on medium speed until the dough is evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 3 min.
Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
Gather the dough into a flat cake and pat this out with your hand on a sheet of plastic film and cooking papers (very important, as the craqulelin dough tends to stick easily).

Stage 4 - 30 min.
Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
Lay a second sheet of cooking parchment over the top, then roll out thinly with a rolling pin to about 1/8 of an inch (2 or 3 mm) maximum.

Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
After this time, lay the dough on the worktop and gently remove the top sheet of paper.

Dust the dough with a little flour.

Stage 6 - 3 min.
Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
Turn the dough over onto the floured side, then gently remove the other sheet of paper.

Your craquelin is now ready for cutting out.

Stage 7 - 5 min.
Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
Use cutters to cut out any shapes you want. Here I'm cutting small circles to use on choux puffs.

Stage 8
Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
Sit a circle of caquelin on each mound of choux, put in the oven immediately and bake as usual.

Stage 9
Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
When they come out of the oven, you will see how lovely and regular your choux puffs are when topped with craqulin.
Remarks
If you use softened butter, which has been out of the fridge for at least an hour, you will find the mixing at stage 2 far easier and quicker.

This recipe does not call for salted butter, but it is fine to use it if that's all you have to hand.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,250 Kcal or 9,420 Kj15 gr261 gr128 gr
113 %6 %25 %19 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
500 Kcal or 2,093 Kj3 gr58 gr28 gr
25 %1 %5 %4 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 450 g : 1.49 €

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