Cronuts

• The Cronut. Dominique Ansel trademarked this dessert last May that people are going bonkers over.  This is from his site "Taking 2 months and more than 10 recipes, Chef Dominique Ansel’s creation is not to be mistaken as simply croissant dough that has been fried. Made with a laminated dough which has been likened to a croissant (but uses a proprietary recipe), the Cronut® is first proofed and then fried in grapeseed oil at a specific temperature. Once cooked, each Cronut®is flavored in three ways: 1. rolled in sugar; 2. filled with cream; and 3. topped with glaze. Cronuts® are made fresh daily, and completely done in house. The entire process takes up to 3 days." 

 People wait in line for hours for these $6 treats. They are nuts. Chris had a co-worker who won a raffle to get 60, so he then doled them out. We had six in our apartment which was way too many, but we all enjoyed them.

The flavor this month was milk and honey with lavender sugar. Andrew didn't like the cream filling and I thought they were a little too sweet. But we demolished them!