Scored savory dough with toppings or fillings
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsRobert E. Ross, Gerard J. Loizeau
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Abstract
A ready-for-use refrigerated or frozen dough that is prepared from flour, a leavening agent, fat; has no greater than 0.5 weight percent sugar or sugar substitute; and preferably includes one or more toppings, fillings, or both. The dough has a surface that includes grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof which define pieces of the dough to be separated into individual bakery products. The grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof each have a depth of about 3% to about 95% of the thickness of the dough. The dough is in the form of a sheet or a parallelepipedal, cylinder, prismatic block or polygon having a thickness of from about 0.5 to 5 cm.
Claims25
A refrigerated or frozen, ready-to-bake bakery dough prepared from flour, a leavening agent in an amount up to about 3% by weight, and fat, with the dough having a thickness and a surface which includes an imprint of grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof which define pieces of the bakery dough to be separated, wherein the grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof each have a depth of about 3% to about 95% of the thickness of the dough, wherein the dough has a sugar and sugar substitute content that is no greater than 0.5 weight percent, and wherein a plurality of the bakery dough pieces have a filling component completely enclosed therein.
A bakery dough product which comprises:
- a refrigerated or frozen, ready-to-bake bakery dough prepared from flour, a leavening agent in an amount up to about 3% by weight, and fat, with the dough having a thickness and a surface which includes an imprint of grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof which define pieces of the bakery dough to be separated, wherein the grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof each have a depth of about 3% to about 95% of the thickness of the dough, wherein the dough has a sugar and sugar substitute content that is no greater than 0.5 weight percent, and wherein a plurality of the bakery dough pieces have a filling component completely enclosed therein;
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- a set of instructions comprising an instruction to bake the dough and then separate one or more pieces along the grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof.
A bakery dough product which comprises:
- a refrigerated or frozen, ready-to-bake bakery dough prepared from flour, a leavening agent in an amount up to about 3% by weight, and fat, with the dough having a thickness and a surface which includes an imprint of grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof which define pieces of the bakery dough to be separated, wherein the grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof each have a depth of about 3% to about 95% of the thickness of the dough, wherein the dough has a sugar and sugar substitute content that is no greater than 0.5 weight percent, and wherein a plurality of the bakery dough pieces have a filling component completely enclosed therein;
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- a set of instructions comprising an instruction to separate a plurality of dough pieces along the grooves, score lines, or combinations thereof and then bake the dough pieces.
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