Carina C Cammarota

US Patent:

20010043978, Nov 22, 2001

Filed:

Dec 29, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/751510

Inventors:

Gregg Moder - Roseville MN, US
Carina Cammarota - Minneapolis MN, US
Melissa Hajovy - Eden Prairie MN, US

International Classification:

A21D010/00

US Classification:

426/549000, 426/524000

Abstract:

A frozen, unproofed laminated dough that can be baked without being thawed or proofed and that provides a desirable specific volume of the baked product. A frozen unproofed laminated dough includes a layer dough and shortening layers that alternate with the layer dough. The layer dough includes flour, a water-binding agent, a leavening agent, a fat source, and water. The specific volume of the frozen, unproofed laminated dough is 0.8 cc/g to cc/g. The frozen unproofed laminated dough prepared a baked product having a baked specific volume of at least 3 cc/g when baked without being thawed or proofed before baking. The frozen, unproofed laminated dough can be used to prepare Danishes, croissants, and the like.