Process for making oat cereal flake

Claim 1

A PROCESS OF MAKING BLISTERED, TOASTED AND FRIABLE OAT FLAKES CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING THEIR TENDERNES, CRISPNESS AND CRUNCHINESS AFTER BEING MIXED WITH COLD AQUEOUS FLUIDS SUCH AS CREAM OF MILK WHICH COMPRISES MIXING OAT FLOUR WITH WATER IN PROPORTIONS TO FORM A DOU GH, COOKING SAID DOUGH UNDER PRESSURE WITH SIMULTANEOUS KNEADING UNTIL A NONCRUMBLING COHERENT COOKED DOUGH IS FORMED, THEN PARTIALLY DRYING THE COOKED DOUGH UNDER VACUUM, THEREAFTER FORMING THE RESULTING MASS INTO FLAKES OF A DESIRED THICKNESS, AND TOASTING THE FLAKES AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TO PRODUCE THE BLISTERED PRODUCT.