Maple bar
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A maple bar is a rectangular pastry
topped with a maple glaze. They can be filled with custard
, or cream
, or left unfilled.
Maple bars are also known as a maple-glazed Long John
.
Pastry
Pastry is the name given to various kinds of baked products made from ingredients such as flour, sugar, milk, butter, shortening, baking powder and/or eggs. Small cakes, tarts and other sweet baked products are called "pastries."...
topped with a maple glaze. They can be filled with custard
Custard
Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on a cooked mixture of milk or cream and egg yolk. Depending on how much egg or thickener is used, custard may vary in consistency from a thin pouring sauce , to a thick pastry cream used to fill éclairs. The most common custards are used as...
, or cream
Cream
Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-butterfat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, over time, the lighter fat rises to the top. In the industrial production of cream this process is accelerated by using centrifuges called "separators"...
, or left unfilled.
Maple bars are also known as a maple-glazed Long John
Long John (doughnut)
The Long John is a bar-shaped, filled doughnut often embellished with glaze or icing. In some parts of the United States, Long Johns are marketed as éclairs; the two pastries look similar but are created with different types of dough and fillings....
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