A delicious recipe for Pain au Chocolat made with a rich dough layered with butter and filled with dark chocolate, perfect for a royal breakfast or snack.
1: Dissolve the yeast in warm milk with sugar.
2: Combine flour, milk with yeast, and egg in a bowl and work the dough.
3: Cover the dough and let it rise for about 1 hour.
4: Place cold butter between two sheets of parchment paper and roll it out.
5: Flatten the risen dough and shape it into a rectangle.
6: Place the butter sheet on the dough rectangle and fold in the edges.
7: Turn the dough and roll it out again, folding it as before.
8: Cut the dough into 12 pieces and place pieces of chocolate on one side.
9: Roll the dough over the chocolate and place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
10: Let them rise for about 2 hours.
11: Brush the surface with beaten egg and milk.
12: Bake in a preheated oven at 180° for 15 minutes.
13: Remove from the oven, let cool, and dust with powdered sugar.
