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Apple Pie, Matcha Croissant, Donuts, and Éclair

Here are full, easy-to-follow recipes for Apple Pie, Matcha Croissant, Donuts, and Éclair 🍎🥐🍩🍫


🥧 Apple Pie (Classic Homemade)

📝 Ingredients

For the crust (double crust):

  • 2½ cups (315g) all-purpose flour

  • 1 cup (226g) cold unsalted butter (cubed)

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 1 tbsp sugar

  • 6–8 tbsp ice water

For the filling:

  • 6–7 medium apples (Granny Smith or Honeycrisp)

  • ¾ cup sugar

  • 2 tbsp brown sugar

  • 2 tbsp flour or cornstarch

  • 1 tsp cinnamon

  • ¼ tsp nutmeg

  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

  • 1 tbsp butter


👩‍🍳 Instructions

1️⃣ Make the crust:

  1. Mix flour, salt, and sugar.

  2. Cut in cold butter until crumbly.

  3. Add ice water gradually until dough forms.

  4. Divide into 2 discs, wrap, chill 1 hour.

2️⃣ Make filling:

  1. Peel & slice apples.

  2. Toss with sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, and flour.

3️⃣ Assemble:

  1. Roll out first dough, place in pie pan.

  2. Add apple filling, dot with butter.

  3. Cover with second crust. Seal & cut slits.

  4. Brush with egg wash.

4️⃣ Bake:

  • 375°F (190°C) for 50–60 minutes

  • Cool at least 2 hours before slicing.


🍵 Matcha Croissant (Japanese-style twist)

⚠️ Traditional croissants take time (laminated dough process).

📝 Ingredients

Dough:

  • 3 cups (375g) bread flour

  • ¼ cup sugar

  • 1 tbsp matcha powder

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 2¼ tsp instant yeast

  • ¾ cup warm milk

  • 2 tbsp butter (softened)

Butter block:

  • 1 cup (226g) cold unsalted butter


👩‍🍳 Instructions

1️⃣ Mix flour, sugar, matcha, salt, yeast.
2️⃣ Add milk & butter → knead 8–10 mins.
3️⃣ Chill 1 hour.

4️⃣ Flatten butter into square.
5️⃣ Roll dough, place butter inside, fold.
6️⃣ Roll & fold 3 times (chill 30 min between folds).

7️⃣ Roll thin, cut triangles, shape croissants.
8️⃣ Proof 1–2 hours.
9️⃣ Bake at 375°F (190°C) for 15–20 mins.

Optional: Fill with white chocolate or red bean paste.


🍩 Soft Glazed Donuts (Yeast Donuts)

📝 Ingredients

  • 3 cups flour

  • 2¼ tsp yeast

  • ¾ cup warm milk

  • 2 tbsp sugar

  • 1 egg

  • 2 tbsp butter

  • ½ tsp salt

  • Oil for frying

Glaze:

  • 1½ cups powdered sugar

  • 3–4 tbsp milk

  • ½ tsp vanilla


👩‍🍳 Instructions

1️⃣ Mix warm milk + yeast + sugar (rest 5 mins).
2️⃣ Add egg, butter, salt, flour → knead 8 mins.
3️⃣ Rise 1 hour.
4️⃣ Roll ½ inch thick, cut donuts.
5️⃣ Rise 30–45 mins.
6️⃣ Fry at 350°F (175°C) 1 min per side.
7️⃣ Dip in glaze while warm.


🍫 Classic Éclair (French Pastry)

Made with choux pastry.

📝 Ingredients

Choux pastry:

  • ½ cup water

  • ½ cup milk

  • ½ cup butter

  • 1 cup flour

  • 4 eggs

Filling (Pastry cream):

  • 2 cups milk

  • ½ cup sugar

  • 4 egg yolks

  • 3 tbsp cornstarch

  • 1 tsp vanilla

Chocolate topping:

  • ½ cup chocolate

  • ¼ cup cream


👩‍🍳 Instructions

1️⃣ Choux pastry:

  1. Boil water, milk, butter.

  2. Add flour, stir until smooth ball forms.

  3. Cool slightly, beat in eggs one at a time.

  4. Pipe onto tray.

  5. Bake 375°F (190°C) 30–35 mins.

2️⃣ Pastry cream:

  1. Heat milk.

  2. Whisk yolks + sugar + cornstarch.

  3. Slowly add hot milk.

  4. Cook until thick.

  5. Cool completely.

3️⃣ Assemble:

  • Fill shells with cream.

  • Dip tops in chocolate ganache.

  • Chill 30 mins before serving.


If you’d like, I can also give:

  • 💎 Bakery-style professional version

  • 🏠 Beginner simplified version

  • 🥗 Eggless / vegan versions

  • 📏 Small batch measurements

  • 🎂 Business costing version

Just tell me 😊

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