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Croissant muffins, or cruffins as they are sometimes called, have a sweet and buttery taste that can be enjoyed as breakfast or as a dessert.

No matter how you want to enjoy these tasty treats, cruffins are a fun and flaky pastry to make. If you love a nice pastry then you’ll love this cross between a croissant and a muffin.

Delicious Cruffin Recipe

Ingredients:

For these puff pastries, you will need:

• 1/4 cup of granulated sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons of instant yeast
• 2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour
• 1/4 of teaspoon salt
• 3 1/2 tablespoons of butter, which will be used for dough
• 1/4 cup of water
• 1/2 cup of milk 
• 2/3 cup of butter, which will be used for spreading

Instructions to Make Croissant Muffin Dough

1. Combine your flour, salt, sugar, and yeast into the bowl of a stand mixer.
2. Use the mixer as you pour in your butter for dough, water, and milk.
3. Affix a dough hook to your stand mixer and use it to knead your crescent roll dough.
4. Once your mixture has formed into a dough, shape it into a ball, then cover it with plastic wrap to make it an airtight container. Give it an hour or two to rise.

Forming Your Puff Pastries

1. Lightly spray a standard 12-cup muffin tin with a butter cooking spray of your choice. You can use an 8-cup tin instead of.
2. Deflate your dough and divide it into 4 equal pieces.
3. Roll each piece out into a rectangle that is about 8 inches by 24 inches. Be sure to keep your dough covered when you aren’t working with it.
4. Spread a quarter of your room temperature butter intended for spreading over one of the rectangles. 
5. Cut your buttered dough rectangle in half lengthwise.
6. Wrap your dough halves into a coil so you get a circle shape.
7. Place your two coils into the prepared muffin tin, and repeat steps 3 through 7 until all four of your rectangles have been cut, wrapped, and placed.
8. Cover your muffins with plastic wrap for around an hour so that they rise.

Baking Your Cruffins

1. Heat your oven to 350°F.
2. Place your muffin pan filled with raised cruffin dough into the oven and let bake for around 35 minutes, or until they turn a nice shade of golden brown.
3. Remove your baked cruffins from the oven and immediately let them cool for around a minute before serving.

Congratulations, you now have a fantastic batch of eight tasty croissant muffins.

If you want a stronger butter flavor, try spreading some over your cruffins using a butter knife as soon as they are removed from the oven.

We hope you love this easy cruffin recipe.

Tips and Variations For Making Cruffins

• If you would like your cruffins to come out a little sweeter, lightly sprinkle some sugar over your muffins before baking them. This will add to their flavor and will let the cruffins keep their texture.
• Mini muffins are a nice alternative if you would like a smaller serving size. To make them, cut the dough in half by making your rectangles 4 inches by 12 inches, then continue with the other steps with more muffins in mind. Be sure you have a muffin tin that can comfortably hold your smaller croissant dough bundles.
• Cinnamon sugar cruffins are a fantastic alternative to basic cruffins. To make these, mix together 2 tbsps of sugar and cinnamon each, and then sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the top of the dough after you have added butter to them. These cruffins will taste less like butter and more like a cinnamon roll.
• Before you begin to work with your dough after it has raised, spread some flour over where you will shape them. A lightly floured work surface will help your dough keep its shape as you work with it.
• When you divide up your dough, try using a butter knife to make easier cuts. This will help to make this an easy recipe.
• If you would like to speed up your baking time, you can set your oven to 375°F and bake for 30 minutes instead.

Final Thoughts

A cruffin is a cross between a muffin and a croissant with a light, buttery flavor. This winning combination will make for a great pastry choice for all occasions.

You’ll love this recipe for its strong butter taste and fluffy texture. We hope you have a fun time making your cruffins.

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