Every year has the latest food trends flooding the social media sphere. In the first year of the pandemic everyone was making their own bread and a couple years back zoodles were all the rage. Yelp predicted way back in December what we'll see on our feeds in 2022; here is a selection of them and how to make them.

Croffle

When I saw that word for the first time, I had absolutely no idea what it might even be but a quick search via dear old Google enlightened me and had me intrigued. The croffle is a combination of croissant and waffle. Basically, you take croissant dough and, instead of baking it in the oven, smash it into the waffle iron. Just like a regular croissant, you can eat it both sweet and savory. Yelp’s stats show a major uptick in searches on croffles of an astonishing 1,505%

This trend reminds me a bit of the recently viral combination of croissants and muffins, dubbed cruffins, where the croissant dough is stuffed in muffin tins and filled with many delicious variations. Similarly, the cronut is a combination of a doughnut (or donut) and the croissant. The dough is cut out like a donut and fried. Glazed and you got a crunchier version of the classic cronut.

These trends will probably continue in the coming years, making me wonder what combination with the croissant will come next. Combing croissant and baklava to make Craklava? Let’s see what is to come.

Egg bread variations

As mentioned before, almost everyone delved into the realm of bread making, especially the sourdough kind, when they were stuck at home during 2020 and parts of 2021. The report predicts a return to the bakeries to get some brioche and challah. While I’m all for supporting the local artisans I’d rather make this at home if I have the craving for it. The difference between brioche and challah is that while the texture is pretty much the same, brioche has much more fat (butter). I personally can’t handle too much fat so here’s a recipe to make your own challah!

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