Pie dough and method for producing same

Claim 2

A PROCESS OF PRODUCING PIE DOUGH COMPRISING MIXING TOGETHER 100 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF FLOUR, FROM 15 TO 50 PARTS OF SHORTENING, UP TO 3/4 PART OF BAKING SODA, AND SALT TO PRODUCE A DRY MIX, DISSOLVING FROM 1/32 TO 3/16 PART SODIUM BISULFITE IN WATER TO PROVIDE A SODIUM BISULFITE SOLUTION, DISSOLVING UP TO THIRTY PARTS OF SUGAR IN WATER TO PROVIDE A SUGAR SOLUTION, HEATING SAID SUGAR SOLUTION TO APPROXIMATELY BOILING TEMPERATURE, INTERMIXING THE HEATED SUGAR SOLUTION AND THE DRY MIX TO PRODUCE TO THE DOUGH MATERIAL WHILE CONTINUING THE MIXING THEREOF UNTIL THE ADMIXTURE THUS FORMED IS THOROUGHLY MIXED, THE WATER IN THE ADMIXTURE BEING IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO RENDER THE SAME WORKABLE.

Claim 3

A PIE DOUGH OF THE CLASS CONTAINING FLOUR, SHORENING AND WATER IN ADMIXTURE IN PIE DOUGH QUALITY AND PROPORTIONS, THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF A SULPHUR DIOXIDE AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM BISULFITE, SODIUM SULFITE, SODIUM METABISULFITE, SODIUM THIOSULFITE, SULPHUR DIOXIDE, POTASSIUM BISULFITE, POTASSIUM SULFITE, POTASSIUM METABISULFITE, POTASSIUM THIOSULFITE, CALCIUM BISULFITE, CALCIUM SULFITE, CALCIUM METABISULFITE, CALCIUM THIOSULFITE, AMMONIUM BISULFITE, AMMONIUM SULFITE, AMMONIUM METABISULFITE AND AMMONIUM THIOSULFITE, THE SULPHUR DIOXIDE AGENT BEING UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE PIE DOUGH AND IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE AVAILABLE SULPHUR DIOXIDE IN A QUANTITY EQUIVALENT TO THAT PROVIDED BY FROM 1/4 OUNCE TO 4 OUNCES OF SODIUM BISULFITE TO 100 POUNDS OF FLOUR PRESENT IN THE DOUGH, THEREBY RENDERING THE PIE DOUGH MORE WORKABLE, PLIABLE AND ELASTIC.

Claim 4

A PIE DOUGH OF THE CLASS CONTAINING FLOUR, SHORENING AND WATER IN ADMIXTURE IN PIE DOUGH QUALITY AND PROPORTIONS, THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF A SULPHUR DIOXIDE AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM BISULFITE, SODIUM SULFITE, SODIUM METABISULFITE, SODIUM THIOSULFITE, SULPHUR DIOXIDE, POTASSIUM BISULFITE, POTASSIUM SULFITE, POTASSIUM METABISULFITE, POTASSIUM THIOSULFITE, CALCIUM BISULFITE, CALCIUM SULFITE, CALCIUM METABISULFITE, CALCIUM THIOSULFITE, AMMONIUM BISULFITE, AMMONIUM SULFITE, AMMONIUM METABISULFITE AND AMMONIUM THIOSULFITE, THE SULPHUR DIOXIDE AGENT BEING UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE PIE DOUGH AND IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE AVAILABLE SULPHUR DIOXIDE IN A QUANTITY EQUIVALENT TO THAT PROVIDED BY FROM 1/4 OUNCE TO 4 OUNCES OF SODIUM BISULFITE TO 100 POUNDS OF FLOUR PRESENT IN THE DOUGH, THEREBY RENDERING THE PIE DOUGH MORE WORKABLE, PLIABLE AND ELASTIC.