Butter Braid
Butter Braid is a brand name for a type of yeasted pastry product manufactured by Country Maid, Inc. The Danish style, flaky pastry is hand-braided pastry dough wrapped around fruit and other edible fillings. An icing packet is included to drizzle atop the pastry.
Butter Braid brand pastries have been sold by fundraising dealerships in the fundraising industry since 1991 across the United States. Butter Braid braided pastries are a 'flaky pastry' with varying layers of lamination, or layers of dough.[1]
History
Braided pastries were first sold at farmers market in West Bend, Iowa by Ken and Marlene Banwart. In the winter of 1990, the week before Christmas that year, the Banwarts received 60 calls from people who wanted to purchase their braided pastries. After growing demand, it was in May 1991 that the Butter Braid brand pastry was created along with their company, Country Maid, Inc. Butter Braid pastries were then produced and marketed on a larger scale. Butter Braid braided pastries are still produced by Country Maid, Inc. in West Bend, Iowa.[2]
Butter Braid pastry varieties
Though originally made solely of pastry dough, many different fillings have been incorporated inside the pastry dough. As of October 2009, the flavors produced include:[3]
- Almond Créme with white icing
- Apple with white icing
- Bavarian Créme with chocolate icing
- Blueberry & Cream Cheese with white icing
- Cherry with white icing
- Cinnamon with white icing
- Cream Cheese with white icing
- Raspberry with white icing
- Strawberry & Cream Cheese with white icing
- Caramel rolls
References
- ↑ "Butter Braid Braided Pastries". Butter Braid. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ↑ "Our Story". Butter Braid. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ↑ "Nutrition & Ingredients". Butter Braid. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.