Lemon Brioche Croissants
March 8th, 2008 by chuck
I love anything that has lemon in it and these Lemon Brioche Croissants are so light and buttery, with that slight tangy sweetflavor of the lemon pie filling in the center. Just delicious!
A while back my wife was invited to a baby shower. It was going to be her first child, so everyone was very excited. Not knowing the sex of the baby, it was decided to have a yellow theme for the shower. Along with gifts, they asked everyone to bring a finger food to share. My wife wanted to stick with the yellow theme, even when it came to the food. So, we decided to make something lemony. This is where my expertise regarding baby showers ended, and I’m fine with that!
But, first things first, my wife wanted to go shopping. So, off we went from store to store, searching and searching 
for that one perfect gift. Who knew it was so complex! I, of course, didn’t recall any of this nonsense when our children were born, but then again, my legs were starting to kill me and the only thing I’m thinking about is getting home and crashing on the couch. I know what everyone is thinking “typical man”. Finally we went into this little boutique and found a baby duckling gift basket filled with little duck clothing. About the size for a 6 month old. I have to admit it was very cute.
So, now it comes to the food. I decided to make a lazy man’s lemon filled croissants. After all the shopping, I was too pooped to be fiddling around with something as complicated as puff pastry. I thought of making brioche croissants filled with lemon. A brioche is a bread with lots of butter and eggs, I think it’s just as good as puff pastry. These Lemon Brioche Croissants were a perfect food item to take. You can eat them cold or warm and great as a finger food. They looked beautiful! I fill them with a store bought lemon pie filling. I know, shame on me for using store bought. But, I did say lazy man’s croissants after all. They were the hit of the party. Perfect for the yellow theme and down right tasty.
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PS.
A friend of mine at “The Recipe Girl Blog” has a wonderful Meyer Lemon Curd that she made and would be perfect in these Lemon Brioche Croissants. Hope you check it out.
I don’t think I would be able to create something so beautiful! I’ll bet these would be super yummy with the Meyer Lemon Curd that I made recently (and for the record… it was really simple to make!) Beautiful pictures, and a nice yellow dessert for the baby shower!
Hey Lori,
thanks you for the sweet comment. I checked out your Meyer Lemon Curd… it looked wonderful. So, I created a link from my post to the recipe. Now I wish I wasn’t so lazy and made this Lemon Curd for these Brioche Croissants.
I know I will be making these again, So I’ll be sure to make your Lemon Curd.
Ah, thanks Chuck. That was very nice of you
Those lemon brioche croissants look great and sound sounds amazing! Lemon is one of my favorite flavours. Bookmarked to try.
Ohh, these look unspeakably good. Lemon and brioche are both fantastic, but put together… smfksms. Definitely trying this!!
I stumbled upon your post and now I am thinking I should run down to the bakery. The croissants are beautiful! I think if I made them they would not come out as perfect for yours. Oh and a really good cup of coffee with them would be the icing on the cake!
Oh, my! These look absolutely amazing!! I am a lemon lover, so I was totally drawn to these!
No problem Lori, I was happy to do it!
OMG, look at that lemon cream!! You’re killing me! Ok now, I definitely have to try it!
Those croissants look adorable. And their taste must be great. I have to try them soon.
…and I am in heaven here!
Love your site!
i’ve stumbled on your blog and am drooling by the picture of your lemon brioche croissant!
Those look INCREDIBLE!!!! I love brioche and lemon and croissants – what is not to love here! beautiful photos too!
This looks incredible. I love croissants, and never thought they could get better. Until now.
Absolutely stunning! This is one of those posts that makes me feel really happy!
Congrats! Do you have a feeling that it’s going to be a boy? Or a girl?
I wish I could have sneaked into the shower to steal one of your pastries.
I don’t think this was lazy at all, because these brioche croissants look great! I could eat about a dozen of those.
These look fantastic. I love anything lemon and these would go wonderfully with my tea now.
Wow these look and sound so awesome!!
These look amazing! Brioche is one of my favorite things and the lemon filling looks to die for! What a great idea!
its very good.please continue.
glad found your blog!
brilliant website~!
What an amazing site
thanks a lot 4 sharing your recipes with us , I will try a few then I will tell you
the photo are incredible . go on
thanks a gain
Chuck, these look so wonderfully yummie:)!!! Wow, what a lot of work!!!!
Chuck, sorry to bother you again. It’s a toss up at the weekend for the tomato bread and these lemon brioche croissants. Just one problem, are the cup sizes american? All UK recipe books just state grams. I know there are american and australian cups so i was wondering which these are.
Has anyone actually made them? They may look great but the proof of the pudding and all that.
I am going to try to translate cup sizes into real measurements and give them a go, having just created some yummy lemon curd for the first time and then discovered it will only keep a week in the fridge, so every thing this week has a lemon them. LOL.
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