Lawrence Foods Strawberry Pastry Filling, EZ Squeeze Sleeve, 32 oz

Lawrence Foods has supplied bakeries from Elk Grove Village, Illinois since 1890, and this strawberry filling comes in the format working kitchens order it in. The EZ Squeeze sleeve holds 32 oz in a flexible pouch with an angle-cut corner: snip the tip, then deposit filling straight into the pastry with one hand on the sleeve. It arrives ready to use at room temperature.

The sleeve is built around production work. Donut shops fill jelly donuts and long johns from it directly; danish and turnover lines take a measured deposit in the center; cake shops run it between layers, and it goes into thumbprints, hand pies, and tart shells. The buyers are small retail bakeries, in-store supermarket bakeries, and cafes with a short pastry list. Home bakers who make filled donuts or a layer cake more than once a season find a sleeve far easier to steer than a piping bag.