Bear Claws

These are by far the most well known and probably the most popular of all the Danish pastry varieties. In Scandinavia, these pastries are called kamm, which translates to “comb” and refers to a cock’s comb (the fleshy red decoration on the head of a rooster), not the type you use on your hair. The method for making the pastries is different in Scandinavia as well. There, the slits are cut with a special knife instead of the rolling cutter used in the United States.