Patent ID: 6030654
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A21D,Y10S

Abstract:
A baking composition intended for the production of no fat or reduced fat chemically leavened cookies and cakes comprisingflour;shortening in an amount no more than about 15 wt. % of the unbaked composition;at least one fat replacer, the total fat replacer being at least about 0.10 wt. % of the unbaked composition;a total water content such that the water activity of the unbaked composition (a.sub.W) at room temperature is in the range of about 0.70 to about 0.95;and as a leavening agent, sodium bicarbonate (SBC) having a particle size distribution such that about 15 to about 50 wt. % of the particles have a particle size less than about 105 microns (U.S. Mesh Size 140) and about 30 to about 65 wt. % of the particles have a particle size greater than about 149 microns (U.S. Mesh Size 100).