Pastry

Pastries

Different kind of pastries in display
Place of origin	Worldwide
Main ingredients	Often flour, sugar, milk, butter, lard or shortening, baking powder, eggs
Cookbook: Pastries   Media: Pastries

Pastry refers to a variety of doughs (often enriched with fat or eggs), as well as the sweet and savoury baked goods made from them.^[1][2][3] These goods are often called pastries as a synecdoche, and the dough may be accordingly called pastry dough for clarity.^[4] Sweetened pastries are often described as bakers' confectionery. Common pastry dishes include pies, tarts, quiches, croissants, and pasties.^[5][6]

The French word pâtisserie is also used in English (with or without the accent) for many of the same foods, as well as the set of techniques used to make them. Originally, the French word pastisserie referred to anything, such as a meat pie, made in dough (paste, later pâte) and not typically a luxurious or sweet product.^[7] This meaning still persisted in the nineteenth century, though by then the term more often referred to the sweet and often ornate confections implied today.