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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Gregg Moder, Roseville, MN (US);
Carina Cammarota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Melissa Hajovy, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
The Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);
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 ¼ 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.