/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>want to try making croissants for the first time
>make dough, spread it out, but it's too elastic
>layer of butter on it, but it's too soft
>fold and struggle with the elastic dough
>butter leaks from all sides
>dough breaks in places, oozing out butter
>cut and roll croissants anyway
>put them in the oven
>strange smell
>HOLY SHIT THE OVEN IS ON FIRE

Croissants ended up small and dense, with no butter left inside (all of it leaked and dripped on the oven floor where it caught fire), and tasted like burnt grease.

I never tried making croissants again.