Long John (doughnut)

{{Short description|American and Canadian pastry like a doughnut}}

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| 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

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| type = Pastry

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| main_ingredient = Dough, and glaze or icing

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| other =May be called an "éclair", but has yeast-risen dough

|image_alt=A Minnesotan Long John with maple icing}}File:Long John 2018.jpg

File:All Stars Donut Cream Filled Maple Bar Doughnut (37231019975).jpgA Long John (also known as a bar, éclair, or finger doughnut) is a bar-shaped, yeast risen{{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}} 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.,{{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}} Canada, and Texas.{{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}}

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).{{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 }} The éclair has (usually chocolate) fondant icing.

On the American West Coast and British Columbia, Long Johns are called bars or bar doughnuts, such as the maple bar (topped with a maple glaze[https://books.google.com/books?id=WDK9lXuXaU0C&pg=PA181 The No-Salt, Lowest-Sodium Baking Book - Donald A. Gazzaniga]. pp. 181-182.[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.) 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.{{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}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/maple-bar-doughnut |title=Maple Bar Doughnut |work=TasteAtlas}} They may also be topped with chopped bacon and called a maple bacon bar.{{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}} 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.{{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/}}