Apparatus for and method of making funnel cakes
OwnerWarren Wilsoninventor
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A squeeze bottle contains a dry funnel cake mix, an opening and a selectively removable and replaceable cover for the opening. A funnel integral with the cover extends from the remainder of the bottle. With the cover removed from the opening, water is poured through the opening. The liquid and mix in the bottle are mixed by shaking the bottle to form a funnel cake batter while the cover and funnel are closed so the contents of the bottle can not escape during mixing. Then, while the funnel is open, the batter is dispensed through the funnel into a cooking vessel having heated cooking oil therein. The batter is dispensed by holding the bottle so an open end of the funnel remote from the remainder of the bottle is in a generally downward direction while the bottle is squeezed to exert pressure on the batter. A cap for the open end of the funnel is placed on the funnel open end to close the funnel after the batter has been dispensed to enable remaining batter in the bottle to be stored.
In combination, a squeeze bottle, a dry, non-yeast, non-shortening funnel cake mix of particulate materials in the bottle, the funnel cake mix including wheat flour, sugar, dried egg, dry milk, leavening and salt, an opening in the bottle, a selectively removable and replaceable cover for the opening, the cover when removed from the opening enabling a liquid to be poured into the bottle and, when placed on the opening, enabling a batter formed by the mixture and the liquid to be shaken without escape from the bottle, means adapted to form a spout for enabling batter formed in the bottle to be dispensed from the bottle, the spout being closed while the liquid is being shaken in the bottle and being opened to enable the batter to be dispensed through it from the bottle, the spout being shaped as a funnel extending from and integral with the cover to provide sufficient flow impedance to batter flowing through the funnel to enable controlled dispensing of the batter from the bottle when the bottle is squeezed and the funnel end is below the batter, the spout, bottle and batter being made of materials and being arranged such that the batter flows through the spout without substantially sticking to the spout or bottle when the bottle is squeezed and the spout is below the batter.
A method of making funnel cakes with a squeeze bottle containing:
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