"Why do you build me up
Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down?"
(The Foundations)
We bought two Butter Braided Pastries as a school fundraiser for a family friend's student son. We just cooked up the Cinnamon Loaf tonight and it was FANTASTIC.
The loaves arrive frozen and you'll have to take them out of their wrappers, cover them with plastic wrap, and let them thaw and rise for 8-12 hours before baking. So you'll need to do some advance planning in order for it to be ready when you want to sample the goods.
After our loaf thawed and rose, it was twice as big as when it started off. Next it went into the oven for 25 minutes at 325 degrees. It came packaged with an optional packet of white icing to drizzle across the top, but we didn't choose to use that.
The packet says the loaf will yield 11 servings at 180 calories. We tried to faithfully cut our slices accordingly, and did a pretty good job. Each slice weighed in at around 2 ounces.
The pastry was super flaky - almost croissant-like. The filling was sweet and decadent, and we didn't miss that optional frosting one bit.
All in all, we were very very happy with the way our Cinnamon Braided pastry came out.
And best of all, we still have a Cinnamon Roll loaf in the freezer! read more