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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 comes with 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, 100% real butter, dough.

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 of 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.

Butter Braid pastry varieties Though originally made solely of pastry dough, many different fillings have been incorporated inside the pastry dough.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:
 * Apple with white icing
 * Bavarian Créme with chocolate icing
 * Blueberry & Cream Cheese with white icing
 * Cherry with white icing
 * Cinnamon with white cicing
 * Cream Cheese with white icing
 * Raspberry with white icing
 * Strawberry & Cream Cheese with white icing

References 1. Butter Braid Braided Pastries

2. Our Story

3. Nutrition & Ingredients

External links


 * Official Butter Braid brand website


 * Butter Braid brand pastry photos