An apparatus and method for baking a hollowed-out bagel substitute product is disclosed. A composite tray is provided with a tray portion that supports bread dough within tray cups, and a cover portion that sits on top of the tray portion. In use, gravitational forces on the cover portion retain it in place, with a gap defined between the cover portion and the tray portion that contributes to a resultant shape of the substitute product after the bread dough rises and is baked.

A method for forming a donut by manipulating dough. This method includes forming a first tip located on a first side of the dough and forming a second tip located on a second side of the dough, manipulating the dough into a partially arc shaped configuration wherein the first and second tips are held pointing outwardly, placing an object within the arc, wrapping the second tip of the dough around the object, crossing the second tip over the first side of the dough forming a hole in the dough where the object is located, removing the object from within the arc, and wrapping the tips around the side of the dough and through the hole and rubbing the dough to smooth hanging tips. The dough is completed to be formed in a one-piece round shape resembling a circle.

The present teaching relates to a method for forming rings from dough or other masses. A mass portion is positioned into a forming device on an abutment under a pressing device, wherein the pressing device has a centering ring, a displacement rod, a cut-out ring and a press ram. The centering ring is placed on the abutment, wherein the mass portion is laterally enclosed by means of the centering ring and is pressed by means of the press ram against the abutment into an approximately cylindrical form with a uniform thickness. A core hole is made in the mass portion by means of the displacement rod, so that a thin core of the mass portion remains between the abutment and the displacement rod. The core is punched out by the cut-out ring, and the press ram is lifted off the mass portion formed into a ring.

A stamping device serves to create one or more rows of endless dough rings. The stamping device has a stamping head with a stamping punch or a plurality of stamping punches, wherein each stamping punch is associated with a dough ring row. A dough piece support of the stamping device has a dough piece holder or a plurality of dough piece holders. Each dough piece holder of the dough piece support is associated with one of the stamping punches. An opening for the associated stamping punch is configured in a dough piece holder or in each of the dough piece holders as a die. A stamping device results in which the stamping of dough rings in particular to produce doughnuts can also be used, for example, for baking by hand.

The present teaching relates to a method for forming rings from dough or other masses. A mass portion is positioned into a forming device on an abutment under a pressing device, wherein the pressing device has a centering ring, a displacement rod, a cut-out ring and a press ram. The centering ring is placed on the abutment, wherein the mass portion is laterally enclosed by means of the centering ring and is pressed by means of the press ram against the abutment into an approximately cylindrical form with a uniform thickness. A core hole is made in the mass portion by means of the displacement rod, so that a thin core of the mass portion remains between the abutment and the displacement rod. The core is punched out by the cut-out ring, and the press ram is lifted off the mass portion formed into a ring.

The invention relates to a method for machine production of pretzels, comprising: providing a pretzel shaping and looping device, which receives strands of dough by means of a feed mechanism; gripping the central area of the strands of dough with a shaping unit of the device, wherein the central area of the strand of dough is wrapped around a plurality of bolt-type shaping elements of the shaping unit that are adjustable in height; gripping the ends of the dough using grippers and stretching the strand of dough (8) by pulling on the ends of the strand of dough, while securing the central area of the strand of dough by the shaping unit, and shaping a pretzel knot using a mutual rotation of the grippers, wherein the shaping of the pretzel knot is initiated by rotation of the grippers during the stretching of the strand of dough.

A stamping device serves to create one or more rows of endless dough rings. The stamping device has a stamping head with a stamping punch or a plurality of stamping punches, wherein each stamping punch is associated with a dough ring row. A dough piece support of the stamping device has a dough piece holder or a plurality of dough piece holders. Each dough piece holder of the dough piece support is associated with one of the stamping punches. An opening for the associated stamping punch is configured in a dough piece holder or in each of the dough piece holders as a die. A stamping device results in which the stamping of dough rings in particular to produce doughnuts can also be used, for example, for baking by hand.

The invention relates to a method for machine production of pretzels, comprising the following features: providing a pretzel shaping and looping device (1), which receives strands of dough by means of a feed mechanism; gripping the central area of the strands of dough with a shaping unit of the device (1), wherein the central area of the strand of dough (8) is wrapped around a plurality of bolt-type shaping elements (2) of the shaping unit that are adjustable in height; gripping the ends (5) of the dough by means of at least one gripping unit (3) which is equipped with grippers (4) and stretching the strand of dough (8) by pulling on the ends (5) of the strand of dough, while at the same time securing the central area of the strand of dough (8) by the shaping unit, and shaping a pretzel knot by means of a mutual rotation of the grippers (4), wherein the shaping of the pretzel knot is initiated by rotation of the grippers (4) already during the stretching of the strand of dough (8).

A doughnut dough shaping machine, has a plurality of shaping bodies, which constitute a shaping part, arranged at predetermined gaps and coupled between two disc-type shaping support parts; has a cylinder rod-shaped operating part, which comprises a coupling part and a handle part, provided at through-parts perforated at the center of each shaping support part by means of bearing parts, so as to roll the shaping support parts and the shaping part on the upper surface of the doughnut dough, thereby making a uniform doughnut; and cuts only both end sections of the doughnut dough by non-cut shaping parts at the centers of the shaping bodies and cut-shaping parts at both ends thereof, such that the cut doughnut dough is overlapped in a cylinder shape, thereby producing a flower-shaped doughnut.