Pastry

Pastry is the dough from which some baked products are made. Pastry dough is rolled out thinly and used as a base for baked products. It is made from ingredients such as flour, sugar, milk, butter, shortening, baking powder, and/or eggs. Common pastry dishes include pies, tarts, quiches and pasties.

Pastry

Palmier pastries
Main ingredients	Often flour, sugar, milk, butter or shortening, baking powder, eggs
Cookbook: Pastry   Media: Pastry

Pastry is also the name given to various kinds of baked products. Small cakes, tarts and other sweet or savoury baked products are called "pastries."

Greek food such as Spanakopita are made from pastries.

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