Method of making stuffed pizzas and/or stuffed sandwiches

A method of forming plural stuffed pizzas and/or plural stuffed sandwiches at one time, wherein each of said pizzas and/or sandwiches includes a hollow shell formed of a dough and a stuffing material located therein, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a pan comprising a base portion and plural cavity portions, said base portion having a generally planar member, each of said plural cavity portions comprising a planar bottom wall and a side wall, said side wall of each of said plural cavity portions having a bottom edge secured to said bottom wall and a rounded top peripheral edge, said rounded top peripheral edge of each of said plural cavity portions being disposed slightly above said base portion to form sealing and cutting means at each of said cavity portions;
• (b) providing a base layer of dough across said pan so that respective portions of said base layer extend into said plural cavity portions to form respective dough pockets;
• (c) filling said respective dough pockets with at least one stuffing material;
• (d) providing a cover layer of dough across said pan so that respective portions of said cover layer of dough cover dough pockets with said stuffing therein;
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• (e) applying pressure across said cover layer dough and said base layer dough forming said dough pockets, whereupon said sealing and cutting means of each of said plural cavity portions causes respective portions of said base layer dough and said cover layer dough to abut and join each other to form a stuffed dough shell having a joined seam extending about the periphery thereof, and wherein the application of such pressure also causes each of said cutting and sealing means of each of said cavity portions to sever portions of said base layer dough and said cover layer dough which is located outside the periphery of said joined seam of the stuffed dough shell from the stuffed dough shell itself.