Croissants are prepared with few ingredients and are usually made from only flour, butter, water, and salt. Croissants are so flaky and soft because of a baking process called laminating, where the baker folds dough around a block of butter and rolls the dough and butter together over and over again until the two are combined.
Although croissants are originally from Austria, they have been very popular in France since the 1830s, and every year, Paris holds a competition to determine which café makes the best croissants in the city. Croissants are a staple in French bakeries and a symbol of Paris around the world!
