PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new method for producing baked confectionery with a moderate hardness, having good palate feeling and excellent in shininess.SOLUTION: The baked confectioneries such as biscuit and sponge cake, etc., are obtained by molding a dough composition containing grain flour such as wheat flour, rice flour, cornmeal, barley flour, and rye flour, foaming components such as bread yeasts, baking powders and other compounds, into a desired form, and then brush coating or spray coating an aqueous solution of hydroxypropyl cellulose on the molded products, then baking it in an oven.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】 適度の硬さで食感が良好で且つ光沢に優れる焼菓子を製造するための新たな方法を提供する。【解決手段】 小麦粉、米粉、トウモロコシ粉、大麦粉、ライ麦粉などの穀粉と、パン酵母などの発泡成分と、ベーキングパウダーと、その他配合物とを含有するドウ組成物を所望形状に成形し、該成形物にヒドロキシプロピルセルロース水溶液を刷毛塗りまたはスプレー噴霧し、オーブンで焙焼して、ビスケットやスポンジケーキなどを得た。【選択図】 なし