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Ordering frozen croissants online. Before going to bed you leave one in the oven. Wake up, turn oven on, hit the shower. When you come out, it's ready to eat =

by bemmu 4y ago

Ordering frozen croissants online. Before going to bed you leave one in the oven. Wake up, turn oven on, hit the shower. When you come out, it's ready to eat = cafe experience at home, coffee and a croissant while checking the news.

myth_drannon 4y ago
Costco has tasty and cheap frozen croissants
- saboot 4y ago
  Are these the ones they bake? If so, would I ask them or are they in the frozen section
  - camelboy 4y ago
    they are in the frozen section. They usually come in box with 30 pieces.
sva_ 4y ago
What a coincidence, just had one of those. Don't want to be a shill, but no need to order online. 4 for $5 at Trader Joe's.
dougmwne 4y ago
Just tried these for the first time from TJ's and you are absolutely right!
- hstan4 4y ago
  TJ’s are better than most cafes in the US for nearly $1 each, too good.
Kiro 4y ago
Curious why and how this is something that needs to be done online. Frozen food sounds like a bad thing to order online.
- bemmu 4y ago
  Fair question. I live in Japan. Frozen deliveries work reliably, and I don't think we'd have frozen croissants at the supermarket. I order from a store that seems to mostly serve cafes based on their order sizes (their other products are things like a 13kg box of butter).
- neurostimulant 4y ago
  Where I live, if you order frozen food online, they're delivered by a courier specialized in delivering frozen goods (like UPS but only accepts frozen parcels and delivering them using refrigerated trucks).
cmcconomy 4y ago
Now: put one in a waffle iron and sprinkle with brown sugar before dropping the lid, for a killer Croffle
Cerium 4y ago
This one is a big win. I (occasionally) buy Costco croissants and reheat them in the air fryer. It takes like 3 minutes on the 320 degree setting for a perfect experience.
- TurkishPoptart 4y ago
  Do you use the "air fry" setting or a reheat setting?
  - Cerium 4y ago
    I use a button with the icon of a bread on it. I guess it is air fry since my air fryer seems to only have one mode with fan and heat both on. That defaults to 320f, 8 minutes, which is far too long in my experience. Temperature is about right, you want it as hot as you can go without burning.
- elil17 4y ago
  Costco will generally sell you the unbaked bakery items.
dabernathy89 4y ago
Best croissants I've ever had in the States were from frozen (albeit from a local bakery, not from the grocery store).
kristaps 4y ago
If your oven has an electronic timer, it should have a function to finish at time x, so you could even wake up to done ones. Great, for coming home from work to perfectly slow-cooked ribs, for example.
TheRealNGenius 4y ago
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sigio 4y ago
Same, but with an air-fryer it's just 10 minutes from frozen to done, so I usually pick them from the fridge, put them in the airfryer, boil some tea-water, and then have tea and croisants for breakfast in 10 minutes.
tootie 4y ago
We buy these via local grocery delivery (FreshDirect) and they are parbaked. Straight from freezer to over and they come out very good.
askvictor 4y ago
Are these already baked then frozen, or raw pastry? I used to work in a cafe where we'd bake croissants from frozen (raw pastry) and they were pretty great.
- henryaj 4y ago
  Raw pastry
jhowison 4y ago
Which ones did you order? I have no idea where to even look for them.
raffraffraff 4y ago
The only problem is this: a random croissant once a week as a treat is negligible to your overall calorie intake, but a daily croissant means you eat croissant for breakfast every day. Huge difference. In the book "French Women Don't Get Fat", one of the things that the author points out is that our invisible daily habits are the biggest factor in our calorie intake. If your commute walks you past a donut stand that you cannot resist, change your commute. Of course if you have a well-worked-out diet and matching exercise plan that accommodates a daily croissant, this is great (with the air fryer).

by bemmu 4y ago

myth_drannon 4y ago

Costco has tasty and cheap frozen croissants

saboot 4y ago
Are these the ones they bake? If so, would I ask them or are they in the frozen section
- camelboy 4y ago
  they are in the frozen section. They usually come in box with 30 pieces.

sva_ 4y ago

What a coincidence, just had one of those. Don't want to be a shill, but no need to order online. 4 for $5 at Trader Joe's.

dougmwne 4y ago

Just tried these for the first time from TJ's and you are absolutely right!

hstan4 4y ago
TJ’s are better than most cafes in the US for nearly $1 each, too good.

Kiro 4y ago

Curious why and how this is something that needs to be done online. Frozen food sounds like a bad thing to order online.

bemmu 4y ago
Fair question. I live in Japan. Frozen deliveries work reliably, and I don't think we'd have frozen croissants at the supermarket. I order from a store that seems to mostly serve cafes based on their order sizes (their other products are things like a 13kg box of butter).
neurostimulant 4y ago
Where I live, if you order frozen food online, they're delivered by a courier specialized in delivering frozen goods (like UPS but only accepts frozen parcels and delivering them using refrigerated trucks).

cmcconomy 4y ago

Now: put one in a waffle iron and sprinkle with brown sugar before dropping the lid, for a killer Croffle

Cerium 4y ago

This one is a big win. I (occasionally) buy Costco croissants and reheat them in the air fryer. It takes like 3 minutes on the 320 degree setting for a perfect experience.

TurkishPoptart 4y ago
Do you use the "air fry" setting or a reheat setting?
- Cerium 4y ago
  I use a button with the icon of a bread on it. I guess it is air fry since my air fryer seems to only have one mode with fan and heat both on. That defaults to 320f, 8 minutes, which is far too long in my experience. Temperature is about right, you want it as hot as you can go without burning.
elil17 4y ago
Costco will generally sell you the unbaked bakery items.

dabernathy89 4y ago

Best croissants I've ever had in the States were from frozen (albeit from a local bakery, not from the grocery store).

kristaps 4y ago

If your oven has an electronic timer, it should have a function to finish at time x, so you could even wake up to done ones. Great, for coming home from work to perfectly slow-cooked ribs, for example.

TheRealNGenius 4y ago

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sigio 4y ago

Same, but with an air-fryer it's just 10 minutes from frozen to done, so I usually pick them from the fridge, put them in the airfryer, boil some tea-water, and then have tea and croisants for breakfast in 10 minutes.

tootie 4y ago

We buy these via local grocery delivery (FreshDirect) and they are parbaked. Straight from freezer to over and they come out very good.

askvictor 4y ago

Are these already baked then frozen, or raw pastry? I used to work in a cafe where we'd bake croissants from frozen (raw pastry) and they were pretty great.

henryaj 4y ago
Raw pastry

jhowison 4y ago

Which ones did you order? I have no idea where to even look for them.

raffraffraff 4y ago

The only problem is this: a random croissant once a week as a treat is negligible to your overall calorie intake, but a daily croissant means you eat croissant for breakfast every day. Huge difference. In the book "French Women Don't Get Fat", one of the things that the author points out is that our invisible daily habits are the biggest factor in our calorie intake. If your commute walks you past a donut stand that you cannot resist, change your commute. Of course if you have a well-worked-out diet and matching exercise plan that accommodates a daily croissant, this is great (with the air fryer).