cuernitos

i decided that this saturday we will have "cuernitos" for breakfast. they look a little like croissants and are made of danish pastry dough. i got my recipe from the old mexican magazine about traditional baking. they are very common in mexico and even though the dough has some sweetness to it, you can eat them with ham, cheese and vegetables.

for the dough i needed:

500 g all-purpose flour

80 g white sugar

10 g salt

37,5 g butter

237,5 g margarine

10 g powdered milk

4 eggs

7 g dry active yeast

100 ml water

place the flour on the table and make a hole in the middle. put there the half of the sugar, salt, 37,5 grams of margarine,  powdered milk and the yeast. mix a little. add the eggs and mix a little more. then add the water and mix, so that all the ingredients are well incorporated. 

the dough should be elastic and smooth. now it's the time to add the second half of the sugar and the butter. mix again. the dough is done when it is not sticking to the table anymore. leave it to rest at a room temperature for one hour.

after one hour, you can continue. roll the dough out into a rectangular shape. take the rest of the margarine (200 g) and spread it evenly on the dough. now take one side and fold it in one third. take the other side and fold it over the top of the part you folded before. roll it out again and fold like before. repeat this procedure 4 times. when you are done, refrigerate the dough overnight or even more (8 to 24 hours).

in the morning, take the dough out of the fridge and leave it for couple minutes to warm up. roll it out to a rectangle (30 x 60 cm). it should be about 5 mm thick. take a knife and cut it into 8 triangles. 

take a dough triangle and make a "cuernito". stretch all the peaks of the triangle and start rolling. make sure it is tight. stretch the ends again and join them. 

leave the pastries to double in size, then brush with beaten egg. when dried, brush them again. bake in the preheated oven (190°C) for 15 minutes. place on a rack to cool down. take a bite and enjoy :)