Danish pastry

noun

1. a light, rich, flaky pastry, especially a puff paste, leavened with yeast and often filled with cheese, nuts and raisins, custard, or fruit.

Danish pastry

noun

1. a rich puff pastry filled with apple, almond paste, icing, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of Danish pastry¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

But in the quaint newspaper parlance of her times, she was more often described as the Danish mermaid, a housewife from Long Beach, a Danish pastry or a really Great Dane.

From New York Times

The iconic Swedish meatball, Danish pastry, and Scandinavian parental leave are then attributed to Turkey, Austria and Switzerland.

From BBC

Dawn Madden unpeeled a squashed Danish pastry from a paper bag.

From Literature

She wouldn't've given her only Danish pastry to just any kid who happened along.

From Literature

There’s only one thing better than a Danish pastry and that’s a free Danish pastry.

From The Guardian