The Au Bon Pain Crobun

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The famed Cronut, I'm told, is croissant dough which has been fried, rolled in sugar, filled with creme and glazed. There's only on flavor available at a time, and the flavor is changed every month.

The Dunkin Donuts croissant donut is a stripped down version of the famed pastry.

The Au Bon Pain Crobun, however, is rich. Very, very rich.


But it's not fried, and it's not glazed.

Three pull-apart sections of dough are placed into a muffin tin and baked. A sweet bun covered with a flakey croissant muffin top. Each is filled with either sweet cheese or double chocolate creme, and finished with confectioners sugar.

It's a lot like a different concoction they used to sell, the creme de fleurs. Loved the creme de fleurs, knew I would lived the Crobun. Sweet and dense and very satisfying.

You don't want to know the calorie count.

This will be a rare indulgence.




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Comments

  1. SnoskredNovember 11, 2014 at 5:12 AM

    Hey there, I found you via the NaBloPoMo blogroll.

    Well now I am hungry for a croissant, lucky I have some in the freezer. :)

    As part of NaBloPoMo I try to comment on as many participating blogs as I can, and I also add participating blogs to my feed reader.

    So I’m just dropping by to let you know I’ve added your blog to my feedreader, I’m reading you loud and clear, I have a link up going at my place so my readers can find participating blogs which you are more than welcome to add your blog link to.

    Looking forward to seeing your posts, and you’ll likely see me drop by again during November.

    Happy NaBloPoMo to you!
    Snoskred
    http://www.snoskred.org

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  2. songbird's crazy worldNovember 11, 2014 at 8:02 AM

    Thanks. I will definitely come by.

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