Kneads & Wants on Lincoln Ave in Skokie has kouign-amann. I had never heard of them before reading this thread, but I had to try it when I saw them. Although I had no point of comparison, they were delicious. I'd be curious how they stack up to other versions this group likes.

bungalowgirl wrote:Kneads & Wants on Lincoln Ave in Skokie has kouign-amann.

A nearby bakery I've never heard of! Thanks for the tip! Gotta check it out...

(That's the former location of Sweety Pies, which used to have terrific buttercream cupcakes, but I assume they have no relation other than the location.)

nsxtasy wrote:

bungalowgirl wrote:Kneads & Wants on Lincoln Ave in Skokie has kouign-amann.

A nearby bakery I've never heard of! Thanks for the tip! Gotta check it out...

I stopped by there this morning, but they had a problem with their croissant dough this morning so they had neither croissants nor kouign amanns. Their scones are good! (And they said they have been open at that location for three years.)

nsxtasy wrote:This morning I made the inconvenient (for me) trek to Verzenay, only to find that they had no kouign amanns, and none of some of their other items (brioche). So I'll just have to scratch them off my list, while providing this tip to others: If there's anything you really want when you're headed to Verzenay, order it in advance. (I did get a few items they had. Their croissants are outstanding, and the cherry chocolate chip bread pudding is also excellent.)

Today I went back to Verzenay. I had considered ordering in advance, but the online ordering on their website isn't working (shows everything as "not available"). I had considered ordering over the phone, but decided to take my chances. As it turns out, at the store today they had almost everything they show on their website, and I got a bunch of things.

Their kouign amanns are very, very good. I like the fact that they are somewhat sweet, but not too sweet, and also the way they have a bit of sweetness on the outside and a bit more on the outside. Theirs is a winner!

(I also got another croissant and chocolate cherry bread pudding, which I greatly enjoyed last time.)

nsxtasy wrote:

nsxtasy wrote:

bungalowgirl wrote:Kneads & Wants on Lincoln Ave in Skokie has kouign-amann.

A nearby bakery I've never heard of! Thanks for the tip! Gotta check it out...

I stopped by there this morning, but they had a problem with their croissant dough this morning so they had neither croissants nor kouign amanns. Their scones are good! (And they said they have been open at that location for three years.)

I stopped by Kneads & Wants again this morning around 10:30, and the kouign amanns were all gone! Oh well, I tried. Again.

NY Times recipe for making it yourself: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/102 ... tion=click ( behind pay wall )

lougord99 wrote:NY Times recipe for making it yourself: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/102 ... tion=click ( behind pay wall )

There's also one at food52
https://food52.com/recipes/27245-kouign-amann