Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A Croissant is a butter-laden flaky French pastry, named for its distinctive crescent shape. Croissants are made by layering pastry with butter and rolling and folding many times in succession. Croissant pastry can also be wrapped around chocolate before it is baked, or sliced and filled with sweet or savoury toppings. While some have claimed that the croissant originated in the 8th century, as a means of celebrating the Christian victory in the Battle of Tours, the weight of culinary opinion is that it was invented in Vienna in 1683 to celebrate the defeat of the Turkish siege of the city. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.