Are doughnuts considered to be pastries?

Yes, pastries cover a wide variety of items using ingredients such as flour, sugar, milk, butter, shortening, baking powder, and egg. French patisserie includes fried items much like doughnuts - the beignet for instance. read more

French patisserie includes fried items much like doughnuts - the beignet for instance. Pastries do not have to be sweet either, things like pasties, also known as hand pies, as well as other meat pies are considered pastry. read more

No. If the donut is yeast raised it is more a bun. If it is powder raised it is more of a scone. Edit: - Oh what misconceptions. Pastrywork and flour confectionery are totally different subjects. As stated there are 2 types of donut. Either yeast raised or powder raised and neither of these are baked. They are always fried. read more