You can skip a trip to the bakery with this Bavarian Crème Butter Braid® Pastry, inspired by the classic French dessert. Layers upon layers of buttery dough filled with a sweet vanilla custard and topped with chocolate fudge icing. A delicious treat perfect for any time of the day!
KEEP FROZEN until ready to bake. Plan ahead! Your Bavarian Creme Butter Braid® Pastry requires time to thaw and rise before baking. Remove from the packaging and set out the night before, so it can be baked in the morning for a warm breakfast treat.
- Remove frozen pastry from package and place on lightly greased 9” x 13” metal pan or 11” x 17” cookie sheet with edges. Set icing packet and directions aside.
- Loosely cover frozen pastry with plastic wrap. Tip: Lightly spray plastic wrap with cooking spray and place sprayed-side down to prevent sticking.
- Allow to thaw and rise at room temp. (72°F) for 8-12 hours, or until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 325° Remove plastic wrap. Bake for 22-27 minutes, or until golden brown. Ovens vary, so adjust time and temp. accordingly.
- Using hand protection, remove from oven and allow to cool. Slice with electric, bread, or serrated knife.
- Drizzle contents of icing packet over top of pastry. Enjoy!
For maximum shelf life, keep frozen until ready to use.
Once baked, store your Bavarian Crème Butter Braid® Pastry at room temperature in covered dish for 1-2 days.

Braided Pastry: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Enzyme, Folic Acid), Water, Sugar, Butter (Cream, Salt), Eggs, Contains less than 2% of Non Fat Dry Milk, Food Starch-Modified, Yeast (Yeast, Sorbitan Monostearate), Salt, Beta-Carotene (Color), Vegetable Juice (Color), Tricalcium Citrate, Rice Starch, Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Agar-Agar, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Palm Oil, Natural Flavor, Maltodextrin, Coffee, Citric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Gum Arabic, Ascorbic Acid.
Icing: Sugar, Water, Dextrose, Corn Syrup, Corn Starch, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Agar, Artificial Flavor, Food Starch-Modified, Glucono Delta-Lactone, Invert Sugar, Mono- And Diglycerides, Potassium Sorbate Preservative, Sodium Benzoate Preservative, Sorbic Acid Preservative, Propylene Glycol, Salt.
This product contains: Egg, Milk, Wheat.
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Contains a bioengineered food ingredient.
This product does not contain nuts, but it is manufactured in a facility and on equipment which processes nut products.
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