TJ's Mini Croissants
Tried the frozen mini croissants from Trader Joes this morning. You just put them out on a cookie sheet over night to "proof" and then cook them in a 350 oven for 15 - 20 minutes the next moring. They come 8 to a package and while I did thaw and cook all 8, it looked like it would be easy to just unpack 2 or as few as you wanted and put the rest back in the freezer for later use. My wife and I found them to be flaky and have true croissant taste.
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You should also check out the Chocolate Croissants too. 4 to a box, so good! (wish they would make a mini version of them, I would feel less guilty).
I just bought a box of the Canneles de Bordeaux from TJ, also excellent. It just needs defrost for 20 min or warmed up in microwave for 20 seconds.
Looks like all 3 are made by Galaxy Desserts.
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re: gnomatic
RWCFoodie
Aug 20, 2008 02:04 PM
I wish that I could love the Canneles - just found them today and didn't realized that TJ was carrying them. I absolutely Canneles and had high hopes when I opened the package. They are lovely to look at... I followed the directions for nuking because I didn't want to wait the 20 min :-) They did not live up to my expectations unfortunately. They were too wet and soggy and too sweet as well. Granted, they will satisfy a craving for Canneles which are a fairly scarce commodity in my area (a few bakeries do make them within a 5 mile area of my home in the San Francisco Bay Area, but they haven't been all that good either...) Price: $4.99 for 6 - this is a bargain price - bakeries in my nabe get as much as $3.50 for one...
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coney with everything
Aug 2, 2008 03:05 PM
have you tried the chocolate ones yet? Same flakey goodness in a fullsize croissant, with chocolate. Next, the pecan sticky buns...
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re: coney with everything
I wrote about these on my blog lol. I LOVE these. It is so hard to find good croissants made with real butter. The ingredients list is really primo. I love the size, too. They actually remind me of real croissants you'd find in France or Belgium. This is probably the best TJs item hands down I've ever bought.
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