Long John (doughnut)

{{Short description|American and Canadian pastry like a doughnut}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox food | name = Long John (pastry) | image = FullLongJohn.jpg | caption = Long John with maple frosting{{break}}(maple bar doughnut) | alternate_name = Cream stick, filled stick, chocolate bar, maple bar | country = | region = | creator = | course = | type = Pastry | served = | main_ingredient = Dough, and glaze or icing | variations = | calories = | other =May be called an "éclair", but has yeast-risen dough |image_alt=A Minnesotan Long John with maple icing}}thumb|A Long John with sprinkles from Minnesota thumb|A cream-filled maple bar doughnut (filled with custard)A '''Long John''' (also known as a '''bar''', '''éclair''', or '''finger doughnut''') is a bar-shaped, yeast risen<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seriouseats.com/2007/05/the-serious-eats-doughnut-glos.html |title=The Serious Eats Doughnut Glossary |first=Adam |last=Kuban |date=2018-08-10}}</ref> doughnut either coated entirely with glaze or top-coated with cake icing. They may be filled with custard or cream. Names for the doughnut are highly regional, with the term ''Long John'' used frequently in the Midwestern U.S.,<ref>{{cite news |first=Linda |last=Ulrich |title=The Definitive Doughnut Study |newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |date=1979-08-30 |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/312438805/?terms=%22long%20john%22}}</ref> Canada, and Texas.<ref>{{cite news |title=Southern Maid Produces 'Best Donuts In East Texas' |newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph |date=1955-03-07 |page=5 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/587276250/?terms=%22long%20john%22% |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

In other parts of the United States and Canada, such as the Mid-Atlantic and Central Canada, Long Johns are sometimes marketed as "éclairs"; the two pastries look similar but are created with different types of dough (steam-puffed vs. yeast-risen) and sometimes different fillings (the éclair may have chiboust cream).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.missbuttercup.com/eclair-vs-long-john/ |title=Eclair vs Long John |first=Kimberly |last=McCoy |work=Miss Buttercup|date=June 26, 2021 }}</ref> The éclair has (usually chocolate) fondant icing.

On the American West Coast Long Johns are called '''bars''' or '''bar doughnuts''', such as the maple bar (topped with a maple glaze<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WDK9lXuXaU0C&pg=PA181 The No-Salt, Lowest-Sodium Baking Book - Donald A. Gazzaniga]. pp. 181-182.</ref><ref name=500Things>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uha0mHZ-N8oC&pg=PA382 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late: and the Very Best Places to Eat Them - Jane Stern, Michael Stern]. p. 382.</ref>) and the chocolate bar. Filled Long Johns are called ''filled bars'', or ''filled bar doughnuts''. For example, an unfilled (or even custard-filled) Long John with maple-flavored icing is called a ''maple bar'' in California.<ref>{{cite news |first=Allison |last=Steele |title=Maple bars in Philadelphia? The popular West Coast doughnut is nowhere to be found here |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=2019-03-06 |url=https://www.inquirer.com/food/maple-bar-philadelphia-where-to-find-20190306.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/maple-bar-doughnut |title=Maple Bar Doughnut |work=TasteAtlas}}</ref> They may also be topped with chopped bacon and called a maple bacon bar.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eater.com/2015/5/28/8672939/doughnut-guide-cake-yeast-cruller-donut-history |title=Everything You Need to Know About the Great American Doughnut |first= Daniela |last=Galarza |date=2015-05-28 |work=Eater}}</ref> Maple bars are prominent on the West coast of the United States; they are also known as a maple-glazed '''Long John''', Maple-Creamstick or maple Bismarck.

Some parts of the American Midwest also call this type of pastry a '''finger doughnut''' or '''cream stick''' when filled.<ref>{{cite news |first=Colleen |last=Hanke |title=Louie and the Giant Donut |work=The Devil Strip |location=Akron, Ohio |date=2019-07-11 |url=https://thedevilstrip.com/2019/07/11/north-hill-donuts-akron-giant-donut/}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal|Food}} * List of doughnut varieties * List of breakfast foods * List of foods made from maple *Boston cream doughnut, the round cream filled donut, topped with chocolate *Cruller, the German American rectangular donut with a twisted shape *Éclair (pastry) *Fritter, another doughnut-like pastry

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Category:American desserts Category:Stuffed desserts Category:American doughnuts Category:Canadian doughnuts Category:Cuisine of the Midwestern United States