Patent ID: 9282749
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A21B,A21D,A47J,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing a dough product comprising the steps of: a. providing a packaging having a base portion and a top portion, said base portion formed of a bakeable material, said base portion including at least one cavity section configured to at least partially receive said dough product, said base portion formed of a plastic material having a composition, a thickness and molded by controlled parameters such that at least a majority of said base portion reverts partially or fully back to its original shape during the baking of said dough product in said base portion when heat is applied to both the base portion and said dough product to cause a majority of said at least one cavity section to be absent from said base portion, and which base portion remains in a post heat base portion shape after completion of the baking of said dough product when heat is no longer applied to said base portion, said top portion partially or fully sealed to said base portion when connected to said base portion; b. placing said dough product in said at least one cavity section of said base portion; c. connecting said top portion to said base portion after said dough product is placed in said at least one cavity section of said base portion; d. at least partially removing said top portion from said base portion prior to fully baking said dough product; and, e. baking said dough product, said base portion reverting partially or fully back to its original shape during said baking of said dough product in said base portion such that said at least one cavity section in said base portion is substantially absent from said base portion, said at least one cavity section not reforming in said base position after said base portion is fully cooled wherein said baked dough product is a muffin that substantially has a shape of a muffin top that is substantially or fully absent a traditional shape of a base of a muffin, said molded base portion configured to maintain a pre-baked shape until after a partial or full setting of a top portion of said muffin and then said molded base portion begins to form into a post-baked base portion shape during further baking of said dough product to cause the base of said muffin to reform or merge into said top portion of said muffin prior to said muffin being fully baked.