what is cronut

A cronut is a hybrid pastry that fuses a croissant and a doughnut. It’s made from laminated, croissant-like dough that is shaped into a ring or doughnut form, fried, and typically filled or glazed with flavored creams or sugars. The creation is widely credited to French pastry chef Dominique Ansel, who introduced it at his bakery in New York in 2013, sparking a global “cronuts” craze. It combines the flaky, buttery layers of a croissant with the fried dough texture of a doughnut, often with a sweet filling or topping.