Long John (doughnut)
Alternative names | Cream Stick, Chocolate Bar, Maple Bar (in some regions) |
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Type | pastry |
Main ingredients | Dough, glaze or icing |
The Long John is a bar-shaped, yeast risen[1] pastry often coated with glaze or icing. In some parts of the United States, such as the southern Indiana region, unfilled bar doughnuts are called Long Johns and their filled counterparts are called éclairs. In other parts of the United States, such as the Mid-Atlantic, Long Johns are marketed as éclairs; the two pastries look similar but are created with different types of dough and fillings.
A Bismark is a filled round doughnut.
Other names
On the American west coast, Long Johns are called bar doughnuts, such as Maple Bars and Chocolate Bars, depending on the frosting. Filled Long Johns are called filled bars, or filled bar doughnuts. For example, a custard-filled or unfilled Long John with maple-flavored icing is called a Maple bar in California.
Some parts of the American Midwest also call this type of pastry a cream stick, when filled.
See also
- List of doughnut varieties
- List of breakfast foods
- List of foods made from maple
- Boston cream doughnut, the round cream filled donut, with chocolate
- Cruller, the German American rectangular donut with a twisted shape
- Eclair (pastry)
References
External links
- Media related to Long Johns at Wikimedia Commons