Oh yes — Ham & Cheese Croissants 🥐🧀🐖 are buttery, melty, and dangerously easy. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a cozy lunch.
🥐 Ham & Cheese Croissants
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 4 large croissants (bakery-style if possible)
- 8 slices deli ham (Black Forest or honey ham works great)
- 4–6 slices cheese (Swiss is classic; Gruyère or cheddar are great too)
- 2 tbsp butter, softened
Optional Dijon Glaze (highly recommended)
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp melted butter
- Pinch of black pepper or poppy seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven
- Heat to 375°F (190°C).
- Prep croissants
- Slice croissants horizontally (don’t cut all the way through if you want them hinged).
- Lightly butter the inside.
- Fill
- Layer ham and cheese inside each croissant.
- Close gently.
- Optional glaze
- Mix Dijon, honey, melted butter, and pepper.
- Brush lightly on top of croissants.
- Bake
- Place croissants on a baking sheet.
- Bake 12–15 minutes, until cheese is melted and tops are golden.
- Serve
- Serve warm and melty.
🔥 Pro Tips
- Don’t overfill or cheese will escape (though… not the worst problem).
- Tent with foil if croissants brown too fast.
- Extra fancy: Add caramelized onions or a thin slice of tomato.
Variations
- Breakfast style: Add scrambled eggs.
- Croissant melt: Toast cut-side down first, then bake.
- Sweet & savory: Add a thin layer of fig jam.
If you want, I can give you a bakery-style croissant sandwich, sheet-pan brunch version, or air-fryer method 🥐✨
