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.

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.