Methods of Preparing a Bakery Foodstuff Convenience Food Having Organoleptic Profile Comparable to Conventional Oven Baked Goods and Related Bakery Foodstuffs

摘要

The invention includes methods of preparing a consumable on demand, warm bakery foodstuff. The method includes preparing a coating fluid; forming a baked good from a bakery mixture by applying ambient heat, maintaining the baked good within the container for a determinate amount of time at a first temperature, exposing the baked good within the container to microwave energy or to heat for a duration of time sufficient to bring at least the baked good from a second temperature to a final temperature of at least about 100° F., inverting the container to release the baked good through the top area of the container and the coating liquid, wherein upon inversion, the coating liquid forms a coating on the inverted baked good. The baked good and for coating liquid each independently has: an aw of about 0.65 to about 0.95 and a moisture content of about 10% to about 30%.

主权项

1. A method of preparing a consumable on demand, warm bakery foodstuff comprising
(a) preparing a coating fluid; (b) forming a baked good from a bakery mixture by applying ambient heat, wherein the baked good is disposed in a container comprising at least a bottom panel and a top area through which the baked good is accessible and having disposed upon a top surface of the bottom panel a determinate amount of coating fluid; (c) maintaining the baked good within the container for a determinate amount of time at a first temperature; (d) exposing the baked good within the container to an energy for a duration of time sufficient to bring at least the baked good from a second temperature to a final temperature of at least about 100° F.; and (e) inverting the container to release the baked good through the top areas of the container and the coating liquid, wherein upon inversion, the coating liquid forms a coating on the inverted baked good.