Five Days, One Croissant

Some people do a five-day juice cleanse. I did a five-day croissant. Same commitment, much more butter.

Sourdough croissants are an exercise in patience: build the dough, fold the butter in, chill, fold again, chill again, and convince yourself that the starter knows what it's doing. Then one morning you pull a tray of flaky, shattering layers out of the oven and every one of those five days was worth it.

The moral of the story is in the hashtag. Slow and sour wins the race.