Why don't I ever learn??

[FusionChefGeoff]

If you don't cut a croissant BEFORE you put it in the oven, it explodes in a mess of unsatisfying flaky bits and then it's impossible to drown it in butter and raspberry jam

I am an intelligent woman with a slight obsession about making sure everything I do is as efficient as possible.

Yet it appears IMPOSSIBLE for me to learn this specific lesson. We've had Friday croissants for at least 2 years now and I've just spent the last 10 minutes desperately chasing little crumbs around my plate with a wet finger.

I've just spent the last 10 minutes desperately chasing little crumbs around my plate with a wet finger

That's the best part!

But that's pretty much all there was! No actual croissant!

mind blown cut it before the oven!

I always slice before putting in the oven... soooo much easier

You guys PUT THE CROISSANTS IN THE OVEN? How have I lived forty years and not know this?

I have never sliced a croissant in my life, before or after the oven. Why are you slicing it? I put butter on the flat part, DH puts jam.

Ironfloor do you eat cold croissants? Or have you been warming them in some other way?

You can't put butter on the outside of a croissant! It goes in the pre sliced middle and melts inside....

I'm a heathen. I stick mine in the microwave (no oven or toaster at work)

Ikiboo don't they go all tough in the microwave? (Mind you microwaves aren't my friend so this may be entirely a me thing )
I'm a pre oven slicer after years of frustration

@LurkYouLongtime woah...the flat bottom. This is genius!!!

Honestly if that's the only thing you never learnt, you're doing well!

Good tip! Never thought to slice it before the oven. I'm forever chasing those darn crumbs.

Also, Friday croissants? How civilised.

I'm clearly doing life wrong.

Just 10 seconds on high in the microwave, then big chunks of butter spread on the flat bottom surely?

I tear chunks off and put jam on the torn off bit before shoving it in my gob 

15 seconds in the microwave, gigantic slab of butter on the top. sorted.