Easy Croissants - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup milk, warm
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon yeast
1 cup flour
3/4 cup milk, room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup butter, melted, cooled
4 cups flour
1 cup butter, Cold
1 egg, beaten with cold water

Preparation

Stir warm milk and sugar together.
Add yeast. Let stand 10 minutes.
Stir well.
Add flour; beat well.
Add milk, sugar and egg.
Beat until smooth.
Add butter; beat and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, place the 4 cups of flour and the chilled butter.
Cut butter into flour until pieces are the size of beans (not too small). Pour the liquid batter into the flour mixture; stir until moistened.Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Remove from refrigerator.
Press into a compact ball on a floured board and divide into 4 parts.
Roll each into a circle 12\" or 16\".Cut each circle into 6 or 8 pie-shaped wedges.
For each croissant roll a wedge towards the point.Shape into a crescent and place on ungreased baking sheet. Let rise at room temperature until doubled.(May take 2 hours or more). Brush each with egg beaten with cold water.
Preheat oven to 400 F.
Place croissants in oven.
Lower temperature to 350 F and bake for 15 - 20 minutes until golden.