Corn flake/cracked corn combo development

[distiller_dresden]

Hi community!

For my next run I want to develop something my own, new, but on the backs of greats. I've seen Odin's cornflake recipe and the Golden Pond corn recipe.

I have 40lbs of cracked corn sitting unused and want to do something with it, but I also want something with a real sweet corn flavor and a clean finish, something clean overall, white lightning. So I was looking at:

1lbs cornflakes
7.5 lbs sugar
5 gal water
and
5 gal water
7.5 lbs sugar
12 lbs cracked corn/corn

How can/can these two be combined in way that would be beneficial, that would produce a superior or different product with more corn flavor that people or I may like? Additionally, once I run this, I was going to try my first attempt at setback with the cornflakes and the corn, and run a sourmash going thing. Can someone help me develop a recipe who has a 'nose' for corn and experience who could theorize how things might turn out?

And briefly school me on how the setback works? I get I hold back 25%, so the yeast isn't 'dead', it's just dormant, right, then I add fresh water and sugar and corn/flakes and it'll recharge/get going again? No need for 'remash' in or boiling this next/second/further times?

My thoughts on initial are:
6.5 gal water
8.0 lbs sugar
1.5 lbs cornflakes
8 lbs cracked corn

I'm doing 6.5 gal because if I hold back 1.5 gal, about 25%, I'll have 5 gal for my still, which is a full run for my still and it does good with up to 5 gal I've learned repeatedly. Less than 4 and I get uneven heating and have trouble with even runs and end up in foggy tails too early no matter how hard I try to control heat.