Method of forming perforated flat dough pieces

The method of forming a continuous flat dough piece subdivided to define individual product pieces and having perforations of substantial size formed in the product pieces comprising the steps of forming a continuous flat dough sheet, transporting the dough piece on a belt of a material to which the dough will adhere in response to pressure, moving cutting elements through said dough to subdivide the sheet to define individual product pieces and simultaneously cut out sections of dough and press the cut out sections to the belt with sufficient force to cause adhesion thereto, separating the dough piece from the belt without disturbing the cut out sections thus providing perforations in the flat dough piece, and then removing the cut out sections from the belt, each dough section cut out of said product pieces being cut out by a tubular cutting element having an inner and outer wall and a cutting edge defined by the junction of the outer wall and an inclined surface that extends inwardly and upwardly from the cutting edge into the inner wall so as to force the dough inwardly by the inclined surface of the cutting edge downwardly and inwardly to cause the dough section to adhere to the conveyor.