pastry

IPA: pˈeɪstri

(countable) A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
(uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
(uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
(countable, obsolete) A place where pastry is made.
(uncountable) The act or art of making pastry.
(uncountable, culinary industry) Desserts of all kinds, whether or not these incorporate the baked item made from flour and fat, or that section of a kitchen that prepares these.

Examples of "pastry" in Sentences

Bake for 20-25 minutes, until pastry is a light golden brown.
SO delicious, the pastry is absolutely amazing, it no wonder why people die for this stuff!
(Some puff pastry is packaged in smaller sheets, in this case cut each piece of dough into quarters or sixths.)
The treats are made by wrapping apples with a layer of pastry, then baking them until the pastry is crisp and the apple is tender.
Puff pastry is easy to work with and produces a crisp, flaky delicious danish - especially considering that it takes so little time to make a batch.
Puff pastry is definitely the most convenient and it keeps for a very long time in the freezer, so I fall back on it a lot for a quick dessert like this one.
Homemade puff pastry is great when you have a bit of time to make it, but store-bought is the way to go most of the time for the sake of convenience and reliability.
The English word pastry, Italian pasta, and French pàâte and pàâté all go back to a suggestive group of ancient Greek words having to do with small particles and fine textures: they variously referred to powder, salt, barley porridge, cake, and an embroidered veil.