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.^[1][2]

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."

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