<Tr> <Th> Ingredients generally used </Th> <Td> Raisins </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Cookbook: Bear claw Media: Bear claw </Td> </Tr> <P> A bear claw is a sweet, yeast - raised pastry, similar to a Danish, originating in the United States during the mid-1920s . A bear claw is usually filled with almond paste, and sometimes raisins, and often shaped in a semicircle with slices along the curved edge, or rectangular with partial slices along one side . As the dough rises, the sections separate, evoking the shape of a bear's toes, hence the name . </P> <P> A bear claw may also be a yeast doughnut in a shape similar to that of the pastry . Such doughnuts may have an apple pie - style filling, or other fillings such as butter pecan, dates, cream cheese, grape or cherry . Bear claw may also refer to an apple fritter . </P>

What is the filling in a bear claw