Whole grain products made with whole grain durum wheat
Whole grain baked products and mixes having milled whole grain durum wheat are provided. Whole grain durum baked products and mixes utilize milled whole grain durum flour having a generally white-like color wherein durum particulate matter is visually indistinguishable from durum fines by the unassisted eye. Through the use of milled whole grain durum flour, white-like whole grain durum products including white-like whole grain durum breads can be prepared that satisfy generally accepted color and baking performance characteristics for traditional white breads.
1 . A whole grain dry mix for preparing whole grain products, comprising:
whole grain durum flour in an amount from about 20% to about 95% by weight of the dry mix;
sugar in an amount from about 2% to about 70% by weight of the dry mix; and
fat in an amount from about 1% to about 16% by weight of the dry mix.
2 . The whole grain dry mix of claim 1 , wherein the whole grain dry mix comprises a peanut butter cookie dry mix having peanut butter in an amount from about 15% to about 25% by weight of the dry mix.
3 . The whole grain dry mix of claim 1 , wherein the whole grain dry mix comprises an oatmeal cookie dry mix having oats in an amount from about 20% to about 30% by weight of the dry mix.
4 . The whole grain dry mix of claim 1 , wherein the whole grain dry mix comprises a brownie dry mix having cocoa in an amount from about 3% to about 7% by weight of the dry mix.
5 . The whole grain dry mix of claim 1 , wherein the whole grain dry mix comprises a corn bread dry mix having corn meal in an amount from about 35% to about 45% by weight of the dry mix.
6 . The whole grain dry mix of claim 1 , wherein the whole grain dry mix comprises a pancake dry mix having dry egg in an amount from about 3% to about 5% by weight of the dry mix.
7 . The whole grain dry mix of claim 1 , wherein the whole grain dry mix comprises a devil's food cake dry mix having cocoa in an amount from about 4% to about 7% by weight of the dry mix.
8 . The whole grain dry mix of claim 1 , wherein the whole grain durum flour comprises 100% of a farinacious content of the dry mix.
9 . The whole grain dry mix of claim 1 , further comprising:
about 0.1% to 4% salt;
a chemical leavening system, and,
wherein the sugar to flour ratio ranges from about 1:0 to about 1.3.
10 . A method for forming a whole grain baked product comprising:
providing a dry mix having a whole grain durum flour;
adding at least one wet ingredient to the dry mix to form a dough admixture; and
cooking the dough admixture to form a whole grain durum product.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein adding the at least one wet ingredient forms a dough batter admixture.
12 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
adding a bulk flour in a baker's ratio to the dry mix.
13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein cooking the dough admixture comprises baking the dough admixture in an oven.
14 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
forming a whole grain durum crust; and
positioning ingredients on the whole grain durum crust.
15 . A whole grain durum product comprising:
a whole grain durum dry mix having whole grain durum flour in an amount from about from about 20% to about 95% by weight of the dry mix; and
at least one wet ingredient mixed with the whole grain durum dry mix.
16 . The whole grain durum product of claim 15 , wherein the whole grain durum mix comprises all of a farinacious content of the whole grain durum dry mix
17 . The whole grain durum product of claim 15 , wherein the whole grain durum mix includes sugar in an amount from about 2% to about 70% by weight of the whole grain durum dry mix.
18 . The whole grain durum product of claim 17 , wherein the whole grain durum mix includes fat in an amount from about 1% to about 16% by weight of the whole grain durum dry mix.
19 . The whole grain durum product of claim 15 , wherein the whole grain durum mix is selected from the group consisting of: a cookie mix, a muffin mix, a cake mix, a brownie mix, a pancake mix, a variety baking mix, a pizza crust mix and a corn bread mix.
20 . The whole grain durum product of claim 14 , wherein the whole grain durum dry mis further comprises a non- durum flour.
21 . The whole grain durum product of claim 20 , wherein the non- durum flour is selected from the group comprising: refined wheat flour, whole wheat flour and combinations thereof.