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For me, crepes ain't worth the stress to make fresh. Just buy a little pack from store and focus on filling is my go to.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Crepes? Jesus, they're one of the easiest things you can cook. Anyway, to answer your question: croissants! I've made them from scratch before and it definitely wasn't worth it. Took half a day and weren't a patch on the real thing

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Even I can make crepes lol. Have one of those small pans. Make the batter, open the butter, get cracking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Let the batter sit for 30 mins in the fridge

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Included in "make the batter" but yep, important step not to be forgotten 👌

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I have a mental block against making things one by one that have like 20 calories in them.

Brain says small things bad unless can make a million at a time.

And yeah screw making those things from scratch.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

A crepe is like 100 calories and you can pour like 5 in less than 10 minutes. But anyway, to reach their own. personally I hate chopping stuff even if it takes 1 minute.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

yeah it is annoying when using a small pan/stove as opposed to a giant griddle where one crepe is actually a lot

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I was surprised by this too! I mean I can understand thinking that crepes will be hard because they’re pretty dainty and might be delicate, but they’re surprisingly easy to do.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Do you means from absolute scratch? Here in the Netherlands it is common to buy a can of pre-made dough for croissants. You have to roll and bake them yourself, and adding some egg is also a great idea. But it is technically not entirely from scratch.

They taste way better than the pre-baked ones that you have to re-heat. Absolutely worth the minimal effort.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

What you describe is not making from scratch at all. Those are premade save the final couple of steps, no different than a frozen pizza from the grocery store. No one gets a frozen pizza and says they made it from scratch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

What do you mean re-heat? Are you heating the ones from the bakery before you eat them? Are they not eaten cold in the Netherlands?