A croissant is a Viennoiserie in a crescent shape made from a laminated yeast dough that sits between a bread and a puff pastry.
Croissant Petr Kratochvil
The original Boulangerie Viennoise in 1909 (when it was owned by Philibert Jacquet). The bakery proper is at left and its tea salon at right.
A kipferl, a precursor to croissants
Kipferl, kifli, kiflice, kifle or cornuri is a traditional yeast-based bread roll, rolled and formed into a crescent-shape before baking.
Croissant
…shape made from a laminated yeast dough that sits between a bread and a puff pastry. It is buttery and flaky, inspired by the shape of the Austrian kipferl, but using the Viennoiserie yeast-leavened laminated dough. Croissants are named for their crescent shape. The dough is layered with butter, rolled and…
In Serbia and North Macedonia, Kipferl are sometimes made with cheese and sesame.
Homemade spelt kiflice, filled with sheep cheese and topped with sesame seeds, made for Serbian Christmas (January 7)