US Patent 7597917 Shaped snacks made from baked dough crumbs

The invention relates to a process for making shaped bread snacks comprising the steps ofgrinding baked dough material having a water activity of 0.85 to 0.99 into crumbs,optionally mixing the crumbs with small amounts of common food ingredients,heating the crumbs or the crumb mixture to a temperature in the range of about 70° C. to 80° C. and readjusting the water activity to about the value of the original baked dough material,hot moulding the crumbs or crumb mixture to a snack carrier of any desired shape,filling the snack carrier with a sweet, savory or any other filling, andpackaging the obtained shaped bread snack and to the shaped bread snacks obtainable by this process.