Patent ID: 8647104

Claim:
A rotary dough cutter comprising: a cylinder having an outer surface; at least one outwardly projecting guide rim attached to said outer surface; a plurality of dies circumferentially attached to and outwardly projecting from said outer surface, wherein each of said dies is configured to create a single pull-apart pastry having a plurality of smaller pastries connected together with a web of dough formed from a plurality of connecting pieces of dough such that each said smaller pastry is connected by said web to at least two other of said smaller pastries and each of said dies includes: an outer wall circumscribing each of said dies, said outer wall defining a die geometric shape and a depth of each of said dies, wherein said outer wall is capable of cutting a dough in a shape defined by said die geometric shape; a plurality of inner geometric cutouts positioned within said outer wall wherein each of said inner geometric cutouts is configured to create one of said smaller pastries; a plurality of cutout walls defining a shape for each of said inner geometric cutouts, wherein each of said cutout walls abuts an adjacent cutout wall, each abutment defining a gap therebetween, wherein said cutout walls have a depth substantially similar to said outer wall depth and the gap includes an opening positioned between abutting adjacent cutout walls and defines a space for creating one of the plurality of connecting pieces of the web of dough; and a plurality of separators defined by said cutout walls wherein said plurality of separators form an area configured to force dough towards the inner geometric cutouts and the gap.