Sunday, January 18, 2009  Easy Almond Croissants  My sister is a
waitress at an excellent but highly overpriced restaurant named
Zov's in Tustin, CA. She always gushes about their amazing
almond croissants and we decided we'd try them out. They are so
incredibly easy considering you don't even have to bake the
croissants yourself. Just stuff them, bake them, and devour
them. Everyone scarfed them down within minutes tops, something
I've never personally seen before.  Easy Almond Croissants
Yields: 12 Croissants  12 croissants (I use the Costco packs) A
large bag of slivered almonds  For the Almond Cream: 3 sticks of
butter 1 1/2 lbs. almond paste 3/4 cup of ground almonds 6 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. almond extract  For the
orange simple syrup: 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup orange
juice  Preheat the oven to 350 F. Slice the croissants in half
horizontally, set aside. In a food processor, cream together the
butter and almond paste. The add the eggs in one by one. Then
add the almond extract