Patent ID: 8377493

Claim:
A method for making cooked rolled snack pieces, said method comprising the steps of: a. mixing a starch-based material comprising amylose with a particulate triglyceride and a liquid or particulate monoglyceride and water to form a starch based dough, wherein said starch-based material consists of about 40% to about 50% corn masa and further wherein said water comprises between about 45% to about 60% of said dough; b. forming said starch based dough into a plurality of uncooked snack pieces; c. rolling said uncooked snack pieces to make a plurality of rolled snack pieces, wherein each rolled snack piece further comprises: an inner facing surface; an outer facing surface; wherein at least a portion of said inner facing surface is adjacent to at least a portion of said outer facing surface and thereby forms an overlap area; and d. cooking said rolled pieces to make a plurality of cooked rolled snack pieces having the overlap area.