Freshening up baked goods

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I learnt this little trick many years ago when I worked in a small hotel. If you have some bread rolls, buns or whatever that are not quite fresh, you can rejuvenate them by sprinkling with a tiny bit of water and microwaving on high for ten seconds. It works like a charm. I used to feel like a bit of a fraud when diners would enthuse over the wonderful still-warm fresh rolls, but it wasn’t really my responsibility and everyone was happy so I guess that was OK. The trick is you have to use the tiniest sprinkling of water, otherwise you just get hot stale bread that’s wet in patches, which is not nice at all! I think the best approach would probably be to use some sort of water spray, but I don’t have anything suitable so I just have to sprinkle drops from my fingers. On Sunday evening I bought a bag of two reduced almond croissants. I ate one for breakfast on Monday, but then on Tuesdays I don’t eat breakfast, so by Wednesday morning the remaining one was a bit past its best. But I thought I’d see if the freshening-up trick also worked for croissants and the result was that yes, it works perfectly. One warm ‘fresh’ almond croissant went down a treat! (As usual I forgot to take a photo until I had already eaten part of it!) All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2023.