Patent Application
20130309383
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to wafers and more specifically to an improved wafer for frozen confectionaries such as ice cream sandwiches or any other food product generally used with ice cream.
2.Description of Related Art
Wafers for frozen confections is known in the prior art. More specifically, by way of example, U.S. PreGrant Publication No. 2010/0034931 to Justi discloses a crisp and crunchy reconstituted biscuit composed of fragments of baked biscuit, agglomerated within a binder having carbohydrate and fat where the biscuit has the characteristic feature of preserving its crunchiness during storage at a negative temperature.
U.S. PreGrant Publication No. 2008/0206404 to Green, et al. discloses a reformed biscuit product suitable for forming composite frozen compositions which includes a solid mixture of a particulate cooked biscuit material and a cocoa butter equivalent of a confectionery fat.
U.S. PreGrant Publication No. 2007/0122528 to Cathenaut, et al. discloses a wafer protected from moisture at least on its surface which is in contact with the center of water ice, by a barrier layer.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,229,654 to Gaonkar, et al. discloses an edible multilayer moisture barrier for food products for separating food components having different water activities and preventing or inhibiting movement of water between the food components. The edible multilayer moisture barrier includes a lipid layer and a flexible hydrophobic layer.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,177,112 to Dufort, et al. discloses a composite product which includes an ice cream, and a pastry prepared by superposing filo pastry so that a layered pastry product is formed which has alternating layers of pastry and a fat, where the layered pastry product is shaped for containing an ice confectionery substance.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,789,008 to Monte discloses an ice cream sandwich which includes a layer of ice cream intermediate a pair of crispy cookies where the cookies resist migration of moisture from the ice cream and remain crisp during storage. An edible oil and food membrane on the cookies prevents moisture in the ice cream from being absorbed by the cookies.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,543,164 to Krochta, et al. discloses aqueous protein solutions which are denatured with heat, chemicals or enzymes to induce thiol-disulfide interchange and thiol oxidation reactions which form intermolecular and intramolecular disulfide crosslinkages. The formation of covalent intermolecular crosslinkages in protein-based edible films and coatings result in films having barrier and mechanical properties which are insoluble in water.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,182,123 to Edo, et al. discloses a composite laminated dough prepared by superposing two different laminated doughs upon each other, each obtained by wrapping a fat in a dough of wheat flour and by performing a rolling and folding procedure.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is disclosed a recipe of ingredients for making a carob wafer for frozen confections combined in amounts indicated and baked at 350 degrees F. for about 25 minutes, more or less comprising:
The more important features of the invention have thus been outlined in order that the more detailed description that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may better be appreciated. Additional features of the invention will be described hereinafter and will form the subject matter of the claims that follow.
Before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
The foregoing has outlined, rather broadly, the preferred feature of the present invention so that those skilled in the art may better understand the detailed description of the invention that follows. Additional features of the invention will be described hereinafter that form the subject of the claims of the invention. Those skilled in the art should appreciate that they can readily use the disclosed conception and specific embodiment as a basis for designing or modifying other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention and that such other structures do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention in its broadest form.
For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated devices, and such further applications of the principles of the invention as illustrated therein being contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates.
The embodiment which has been selected to illustrate the invention relates generally to the variety of wafers known as Carob Wafers which are used with frozen confections such as a wafer ice cream sandwich or with ices, sherbets, frozen custards, confectionery icing, etc, and which is less apt to break or become soggy while being eaten.
The traditional frozen wafer is normally composed of bleached white flour, sugar, caramel color, corn sugar, vegetable shortening (partially hydrogenated oil, soybean, cotton seed oil) yellow corn flour, corn syrup, cocoa, modified corn starch, mono and Di-Glycerides, and soy lecithin. Substitute ingredients for the chocolate or chocolate liquor or chocolate chips, or the ingredients for the color which were used in the traditional recipe have been changed.
The present invention related to a carob wafer for frozen confections that can be used for those who don't like chocolate, or can't have chocolate, cocoa, chocolate liquor or chocolate chips in their frozen wafers.
A carob wafer for frozen confections produced in accordance with the principles of the invention is generally comprised of ingredients which include bleached white flour, sugar, caramel color, corn sugar, and vegetable shortening, such as partially hydrogenated soybean or cottonseed oil.
A carob wafer in accordance with the principles of the invention is comprised of ingredients which include whole wheat flour, (or unbleached white flour, spelt flour, oat flour, brown rice flour, wheat flour, organic sprouted whole wheat flour, organic sprouted spelt flour, organic millet flour), carob powder, sweetener, cinnamon, extra virgin olive oil, vanilla and water.
The foregoing ingredients are preferably combined in the proportions which follow:
The various ingredients are mixed together and baked in an oven at 350 degrees F. for about 25 minutes, more or less. Water of different amounts is used to mix the ingredients to dough like consistency. As the Carob wafer for frozen confections can be used as a sandwich, depending on what the filling is, the amount of sweetness should be adjusted accordingly.
While there have been shown and described and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention and not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Obvious modifications or variations are possible in light of the above teachings. The embodiments discussed were chosen and described to provide the best illustration of the principles of the invention and its practical application to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. All such modifications and variations are within the scope of the invention as determined by the appended claims when interpreted in accordance with the breadth to which they are entitled.
