TH26371U - Chinese cookies containing powdered copper-striped crickets and a specific manufacturing process. - Google Patents

Abstract

OCR 10KL (09/04/2568) This invention describes Chinese cookies containing copper-striped cricket powder. The ingredients are: all-purpose flour, baking powder, granulated sugar, salt, eggs, oil, water, baking soda, ammonium bicarbonate, copper-striped cricket powder, and roasted sesame seeds. The production process is as follows: Mix the all-purpose flour and baking powder together and sift through a sieve. Add the granulated sugar, salt, eggs, oil, water, baking soda, ammonium bicarbonate, and copper-striped cricket powder. Beat all the ingredients together until well combined. Divide and shape into round balls. Arrange on a baking tray and flatten. Lightly brush the top with egg wash and sprinkle with roasted sesame seeds. Bake and let cool on a wire rack. The resulting Chinese cookies, using copper-striped cricket powder as a substitute for cashews, are stable, not crumbly, have a fragrant aroma, and a nutty flavor similar to fried insects. The texture and taste are well-accepted by consumers. Cricket powder contains up to 61.15% protein by dry weight, providing consumers with high nutritional value from protein and a complete range of essential amino acids. It also contains chitosan, which helps reduce cholesterol and fat in the blood. Furthermore, crickets are naturally gluten-free, whereas gluten can cause diarrhea and enteritis. In addition, this invented Chinese cookie is free of cashews, a type of nut that may cause allergies. Therefore, with the appropriate formula and manufacturing process described in this invention, a unique Chinese cookie product can be obtained, and this can be further developed into a commercially viable cricket-based cookie product.

Claims (5)

1. Chinese cookies containing copper-striped cricket powder consist of: all-purpose flour 43-46% by weight, baking powder 0.03-0.10% by weight, granulated sugar 22-23% by weight, salt 0.03-0.10% by weight, eggs 2-3% by weight, oil 21-22% by weight, water 0.30-1.0% by weight, baking soda 0.66-1.0% by weight, ammonium bicarbonate 0.35-1.0% by weight, copper-striped cricket powder 5-10% by weight, and roasted sesame seeds 0.03-0.10% by weight. 2. Chinese cookies containing copper-striped cricket powder, as per claim 1, where the appropriate copper-striped cricket powder is 10 percent by weight. 3. Chinese cookies containing powdered copper-striped crickets, as per claim 1, where the oil may be either lard or vegetable oil, or a combination thereof. 4. Chinese cookies containing powdered copper-striped crickets, as per claim 1, where roasted sesame seeds can be either white or black, or a mixture of both. 5. The manufacturing process of Chinese cookies containing striped cricket powder, as per any one of claims 1-4, involves the following steps: a. Prepare the striped cricket powder by drying and grinding striped crickets to a mesh size of 50-60 mesh. b. Mix all-purpose flour and baking powder together and sift through a sieve. c. Add granulated sugar, salt, eggs, oil, water, baking soda, ammonium bicarbonate, and the striped cricket powder to the mixture in step b. Beat all the ingredients together until well combined. d. Divide the mixture from step c, shape it into round balls, arrange them on a baking tray 2-2.5 inches apart, flatten them to a thickness of 1-1.5 centimeters, and then lightly brush with egg wash. Step J: Coat the top surface with toasted sesame seeds. Bake the cookies obtained from step D at 180-190 degrees Celsius for 20-25 minutes. Once the time is up, let them cool on a wire rack at 25-30 degrees Celsius. The resulting cookies contain copper-striped cricket powder. Package them accordingly.