Dough cutting and stamping apparatus and method

An apparatus for forming, cutting, and stamping a dough sheet, having a first surface with a first skin and a second surface with a second skin, into a plurality of stamped roll forms as the dough sheet travels in a dough travel path along a conveyor, the apparatus comprising:

• a rotatable drum mounted for rotation above the conveyor;
• a plurality of cutter molds disposed about said rotatable drum, each of the cutter molds including a peripheral side wall defining an internal, dough receiving cavity and a cutting edge portion including a front portion, a rear portion and opposing side portions, with each of the front and rear portions having a curvature that is concave in shape and each of the opposing side portions having a curvature that is convex in shape;
• a pattern imprinter provided within the internal cavity of each of said cutter molds wherein, when the dough sheet travels in the dough travel path and the drum is rotated, dough is received in the internal, dough receiving cavities of the cutter molds and the cutting edge portions engage the dough sheet, severing the dough sheet into a plurality of dough pieces having rounded edges while the pattern imprinters simultaneously penetrate at least partially through the dough to imprint a pattern on each of said dough pieces;
• and
• a sleeve supporting the plurality of cutter molds, said sleeve extending about and being secured to the rotatable drum, wherein the sleeve defines a convex bottom for the internal cavity of each of the cutter molds.