# Bear claw > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bear_claw > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bear_claw.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_claw > Source revision: 1346029880 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Pastry with almond paste filling}} {{other uses}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox food | name = Bear claw | image = Bear claw pastry.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = | alternate_name = | country = [United States](/source/United_States) | region = | creator = | course = | type = [Pastry](/source/Pastry), [doughnut](/source/doughnut) or [fritter](/source/fritter) | served = | main_ingredient = Dough, [almond paste](/source/almond_paste) | minor_ingredient= [Raisin](/source/Raisin)s | variations = | calories = | other = }} A '''bear claw''' is a sweet [pastry](/source/pastry) originating in the United States during the mid-1910s.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105818757/los-angeles-evening-express/ "Hamburger's: Children's Day!---Outfit the Boys and Girls!; Baked Goods"]. ''Los Angeles Evening Express''. April 9, 1915. p. 18. Retrieved July 18, 2022.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105819030/los-angeles-evening-express/ "Young's Market Co.; The New Store"]. ''Los Angeles Evening Express''. July 2, 1915. p. 20. Retrieved July 18, 2022.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105819418/lincoln-news-messenger/ "Oatmeal Cookies; Special Every Saturday, Superior Home Bakery"]. ''Lincoln News Messenger''. January 28, 1916. p. 2. Retrieved July 28, 2022. The name ''bear claw'' as used for a pastry is first attested on March 13, 1914 by the Geibel German Bakery,[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105787813/the-sacramento-star/ "Rolls; Friday Special Assortment of French Pastries"]. ''[The Sacramento Star](/source/The_Sacramento_Bee)''. March 13, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved July 17, 2022. located at [915 K Street](/source/K_Street_(Sacramento)) in downtown [Sacramento](/source/Sacramento).[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105791731/the-sacramento-bee/ "Auction Sale by Order Bankrupt Court: Geibel German Bakery, 915 K Street"]. ''The Sacramento Bee''. November 23, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved July 17, 2022.[https://www.colliers.com/en/properties/915-k-street/usa-915-k-st-sacramento-ca-95814-usa/usa1108207 "Retail For Lease — 915 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA"]. [Colliers](/source/Colliers_(company)). "915 K Street is in the heart of a hip and diverse Downtown Sacramento." Retrieved July 17, 2022. By the next year, bear claws were on the breakfast menu at German-owned Hamburger's Los Angeles, which was then the largest department store west of Chicago. In Denmark, a bear claw is referred to as a ''kam''Roufs, Timothy G., and Kathleen Smyth Roufs. [https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/8NLE/GVRL?u=wash_main&sid=GVRL ''Sweet Treats around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture'']. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Gale eBooks. Accessed 16 Oct. 2020. and in [Germany](/source/Germany) as ''Kamm''. France also has an alternate version of that pastry: ''patte d'ours'' (meaning ''bear paw''), created in 1982 in the Alps. == Ingredients and shape == Most Danishes include the same basic ingredients such as eggs, yeast, flour, milk, sugar, and butter. The bear claw is also made with "sweet dough" which is "bread dough with more shortening than usual".“Frozen Cakes and Pastries.” ID : the Voice of Foodservice Distribution, vol. 29, no. 11, 1993, p. 113. One of the differences between most Danishes, besides taste, is seen in their shape. A bear claw is usually filled with [almond paste](/source/almond_paste),{{cite web |author=FrancesC |title=Almond Bear Claws |url=http://allrecipes.com/recipe/almond-bear-claws/ |publisher=Allrecipes.com |access-date=4 September 2012}} and sometimes [raisins](/source/raisins), and often shaped in a semicircle with slices along the curved edge, or rectangular with partial slices along one side.{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qU0WBQAAQBAJ|title = J'eat? Playful Cookery|last = Della-Piana|first = Patricia|publisher = Lulu|isbn = 9781300921059|page = 356|language = en}} As the dough rises, the sections separate, evoking the shape of a [bear](/source/bear)'s toes, hence the name.{{cite web |last=Pastry |first=Joe |title=The Bear Claw |url=http://www.joepastry.com/2008/the_bear_claw/ |publisher=Joe Pastry |access-date=4 September 2012}} A bear claw may also be a [yeast doughnut](/source/yeast_doughnut) in a shape similar to that of the pastry. == Production == A bear claw can be made by hand or by machine.{{Citation|last = Le|first = Conie Stiles|title = Production of coffee cakes|date = Jan 13, 1948|url = https://patents.google.com/patent/US2434339|access-date = 2016-03-24}}. US Patent US 2434339 A. Filed 1944-03-22. Granted 1948-01-13. Bear claw can be hand-made by using a bear claw cutter that was invented in 1950 by James Fennell.C, Fennell James. “Bear Claw Cutter.” 1950. A 1948 patent describes the process of assembling the bear claw as rolling out the dough, layering filling onto it, folding the dough over, cutting small incisions to create the claw-like look, and finally cutting the dough into separate pastries. The pastry can be curved into a half-circle at this point, which causes the "toes" to separate.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7O5YpNRnpNoC|title=The Art and Soul of Baking|last=Mushet|first=Cindy, Sur La Table|date=2008-10-21|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|isbn=9780740773341|page=118|language=en|chapter=Bear Claw}} == Health and nutrition == Similar to other pastries, the bear claw is typically high in carbohydrates and fats. Example nutrition information can be seen from a version produced by the restaurant chain [Panera Bread](/source/Panera_Bread).{{Cite web|title=Panera Bear Claw Nutrition Facts|url=https://fastfoodnutrition.org/panera-bread/bear-claw|access-date=2020-10-29|website=FastFoodNutrition.org|language=en}} ==See also== {{Portal|Food}} * [Banket](/source/Banket_(pastry)), an almond-stuffed pastry from the Netherlands * [List of almond dishes](/source/List_of_almond_dishes) * [List of pastries](/source/List_of_pastries) * [List of regional dishes of the United States](/source/List_of_regional_dishes_of_the_United_States) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Pastries}} {{Doughnuts}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bear Claw (Pastry)}} Category:Pastries Category:Almond desserts Category:American doughnuts Category:Viennoiserie --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bear claw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_claw) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_claw?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.