Meaning of cronut | Babel Free

Definitions

A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut. A croissant-based donut. A breadstuff shaped like a donut and made from croissant dough.

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“Could it have been a hybrid, a marriage of croissant and doughnut? The Cronut? The Doughsant?”

“You can't overlook the fact that the culinary skill needed to create cronuts is extremely high; pastry dough in a fryer usually "separates instantly and parts six ways to Sunday," says Merwin.”

“Botshka added that he doesn't understand the draw of the cronut burger, which combines a doughnut and croissant into a burger that is topped with maple bacon jam.”

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