Church selling butter braids

EAST HADDAM >> The First Church of Christ in East Haddam is having a Butter Braid FUN-Raiser. The First Church relies on this fundraiser to help pay for their electric and fuel bill. This year Butter Braid has changed their name. Here is why: In 1993, our family opened a pastry shop as a franchise of Country Maid, producing frozen loaves of sweet treats that the customer could bake up fresh and enjoy warm from the oven in their own home. With rolling pins and pizza cutters, we shaped each Butter Braid loaf by hand. In 1999, we began marketing our products as a fundraiser, allowing us to deliver directly to our customers and help them successfully reach their financial goals. In 2008 our franchise contract with County Maid dissolved and we became an independent business. After one year of “non-compete” production, we were again able to make and market the braided pastry everyone loves using the original recipe but with a new name Kansas Maid pastries. We’ve expanded our inventory to include cinnamon rolls and caramel sticky buns as well as the original braids. We remain a family owned and operated company that is committed to “helping others help themselves achieve their goals”.

It is the same delicious product under the name of Kansas Maid. Braids are $13 each, with flavors including Strawberry Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, Apple, Cream Cheese and Raspberry, as well as rolls and breads for $13: Caramel Rolls, Cinnamon Rolls and Italian Herb Bread. The church is also selling Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough, in Chocolate Chip, Carnival (colorful chocolate candies), Oatmeal Raisin, Peanut Butter or White Chocolate Macadamia Nut. They come pre-portioned, frozen and make 36 cookies, for $17.

See any church member to place and order until March 12. The delivery date is March 25. Call Lydia at 860-873-3380 or Kathy at 860-873-1830 to order.