Favorite pastries
 

Ok, here we will discuss favorite pastries. I am defining 'pastry' as any baked flour product that might be found at a breakfast table or eaten as a snack/dessert that is not a 'bread'.

OK, I included 'bread'.

Like the definition, thanks.

Oh it's tricky!
Despite not having a sweet tooth, I do like my pastries as defined in this thread.

Although it's the bready ones I like the most.
Teacakes, hot cross buns, fruit loaf, malt loaf and brioche.
And the more savoury ones - cheese scones come top of the cakey ones.

The forbidden, non-pastry, Starbucks maple nut "scone" with awesome maple frosting on top which somehow adds a little bit of maple frosting to every segment of the eating.

Somehow they figured out exactly which pastry goes exactly with coffee. This is the one.

Being from Philadelphia, where the annual consumption of soft pretzels is 20 lbs (twice the US average), I love them. Right now we have 20 or more in the freezer (I used to be able to buy 30 with a coupon). As a matter of fact, as soon as I finish this post I'm going downstairs to microwave a few.:yum:

I do like the occasional scone or croissant (%^$#$#^% I forgot to make croissant a choice). I just love a soft pretzel with mustard for breakfast.

I have a hard time calling anything made with bread flour a pastry, eg, bagels, pretzels, and bread. While I love them long time, I see them as non pastry items. Pastry has an implication of a different texture, leavened with fat of some type. Croissants, while they have yeast and are made with bread dough, I'd consider a pastry mainly because of the flaky-ness and the butter.

I'm sure there is a specific definition, I'm just stating my conceptions.

In any event They are all good, and I chose pretty much everything but funnel cakes and their ilk.

http://www.answers.com/topic/pastry scroll down to the fourth or fifth entry for a mouth watering discussion on the definition of pastry

Pastry for Brits is quite a specific term too.
But I'm going with Rich's definition for the duration of the poll.

I like the vanilla bean frosted scones, but my favorite at Starbucks is the cranberry bliss bar.

Of the choices given, I guess I'd go with waffles (but with real fruit topping, not pie filling like they do at some places).

My real favorite is this almond pastry that my mom used to make all the time. I might even try to make it... thanks Rich.

How the hell do you leave Danishes off this list?

http://twiggs.org/images/1920-cheese-danish.jpg

this is a brutal poll. i want to choose 5 of them as my favorite....depends on my mood.

gotta say soft pretzel though.....cuz i like mustard.

Ummm - I chose lots.

Oh, well, I would add biscotti then. My mom used to make excellent biscotti... before she joined the weight watchers cult.

and friggin melt-a-ways. They are the total shnitznitz. or whatever.

Sorry, thought you said pasties... as you were.

Yeah, and studel and all those other tasty European style pastries. Those are my favourites. What about choux pastry made into eclaires or cream puffs etc?

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE REAL PASTRIES????

My Dad makes excellent choux pastry.
My Mum makes lousy shortcrust, but bakes a mean cake.

Random facts of the day for you.

I can't make scones. There's another random fact. I can make almost anything else you like, but I have never ever once had a batch of scones turn out any good. I don't get it.

So there you go. I guess I'm not a kitchen witch after all.