Chocolate Croissants | Recipe Reader

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons plus 3 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature, divided
• 4 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, divided, plus more, to taste, for dusting the work surfaces
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon active dry or instant yeast
• 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons whole milk, cold, divided
• 1 (4-ounce) bar semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 1 large egg
• confectioners' sugar, optional, to taste, for topping