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Danish pastry

noun

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

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Danish pastry¹

First recorded in 1930–35

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But for a single shining moment, a solitary spark in the darkness, “Holland” transcends its feeble state and becomes a delight — with some key assistance from a delicious Danish pastry.

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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.

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

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

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

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Danish oil Danish West Indies

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