We will be closing our shop on 12/30/22. THANK YOU SO MUCH for 19 years of support for Les Madeleines. Please stay tuned for upcoming projects.

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DOWNTOWN
216 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, Utah

We are closing on 12/30/22. Thank you for 19 years of support. We’ll keep you updated for future projects.

Laminated Doughs | Pastry Term of the Day

laminated dough croissant
The flaky interior of a croissant.

Baking Demystified: Laminated dough

Laminated dough is any dough that has a block of butter, called a beurrage, folded into the dough, called a détrempe. Once combined, they are called a pâton and will be rolled and folded (or turned) the appropriate number of times for each type of dough. Each type of dough has the butter added in a different way and the number and type of folds will vary resulting in varying degrees of flakiness.

Examples include puff pastry, croissant, Danish and kouing aman.