Method and apparatus for crimping and cutting pouched dough products

A method of crimping and cutting dough products comprising:

• extruding at least one rope including an outer dough casing and an internal filling material in a first axial direction along a conveyor;
• directing the at least one rope to a crimping and cutting assembly including a first roller in combination with a second roller including a honeycomb pattern of combination crimping and cutting members, wherein the first and second rollers are rotated and, upon passing between the first and second rollers, the at least one rope is continually crimped and cut at longitudinally spaced locations to continuously create polygonal-shaped, internally filled dough products having a varying number of sides with each product having between two and six crimped and cut sides;
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• permitting the at least one rope to wander laterally relative to the crimping and cutting assembly as the first and second rollers are rotated, wherein the dough products are produced in varying sizes and shapes.