Estelle's Patisserie will unveil its own version of the croissant/donut hybrid on Sunday, Sept. 14. Located at 9th & K Streets, Estelle's is at least the 4th bakery in the greater Sacramento to release its own version. Estelle's, hoping to circumvent the legal restrictions surrounding the name cronut, has named its effort the "Croixnut."

Read the Cowtown Eats review of the "dossant" at Sacramento bakery Sweet Dozen.

Both Ms. Munchie and I had previously written that we hope the K street bakery would take a swing at making one of these newly-trendy desserts.

I won't be able to try one this weekend, but I hope they continue to sell the pastry on a regular basis.

Since I'm on this topic, I wanted to add a couple additional thoughts.



First, I went to the Minnesota State Fair over Labor Day Weekend and was able to sample a version of the cronut. I'd only previously had the version from Sacramento's Sweet Dozens, but the local version was better. The effort from the Land of A Thousand Lakes lacked any nuance and was just a donut in a different shape. It didn't have the flakiness or delicate layers that the Sweet Dozens effort had.

Second, more local chefs are joining the anti-cronut bandwagon. Doughbot Donuts has gone on the record with their lack of desire to try to copy the hybrid. Now, Jess Milbourn, chef at West Sac's The Eatery, has weighed in.

If your doughnuts and croissants are good enough there's no need to mate them. Not everything is peanut butter & chocolate. — Jess Milbourn (@EateryChef) September 9, 2013

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