Large Dough Press

Look what you can make with this easy press: 

• little Hostess®-type pies
• warm pocket sandwiches
• pastries
• piroshki
• turnovers
• calzones
• dumplings
• empanadas

We think you'll have a ball baking up fun new creations with this dough press. 

You can use both pie crust and bread doughs.  You’ll find lots of free recipes and e-books on our site.  Watch the videos for new ideas and tips.

It’s so simple even the kids can do it.  In fact, it’s fun to make these desserts and sandwiches with the kids.  In our class we serve up to 40 people and it’s no big deal. 

It makes pastries and sandwiches six inches in diameter and it crimps the edges securely.  It's made of plastic but it's sturdy enough for years of use.  Easy. 

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It’s easy to make great pocket sandwiches or little pies. Roll out the dough then use the dough press to cut the circles, fill the pockets, and seal them.  The back of the dough press is the cutter, the press is bowl shaped for easy filling, and the two halves press together to seal.  It just takes a few moments.

 

This is a simple tool--a clam-shell press with a crimping edge--but we have tested it extensively and it works!

5 Keys to Using Your Dough Press

1. Just as your dough sticks to your counter, it will stick to the surface of your dough press.  Dust your dough press with a little flour just as you dust the counter and your little pie will slip right out. 
2. Don’t overfill your dough press.  One-third cup filling will give you a nice, plump little pie.  The concave surface of your dough press will cradle the filling so that it won’t spill as you close the lid.
3. Brush the edges of the dough with water with a pastry brush.  You need wet surfaces so that the layers of dough will bind and seal.
4. Use a fork to poke three or four sets of venting holes in the crust.  The filling will expand with steam as if bakes.  Without venting holes, your little pie will split open. 
5. Press firmly to seal the two edges together.

Editor's note:  In our test kitchen we have several of these little presses.  We use them all the time.  We make little pies with them--turnover pies like the Hostess© pies we had as kids.  Often, we use a pie crust mix and grab a pastry filling so we can have a batch of little pies in the oven in under 15 minutes. 

How to Make Pocket Sandwiches

1. Make the Dough:  They can be made with either a baking powder or yeast dough.  Our just-add-water pie crust mix works well.   Our pizza dough mixes are soft and easy to work with and make excellent pocket sandwiches. 
2. Cook the Filling (if necessary):  The filling can be made with meat and cheese, vegetables, or even scrambled eggs.  Let your imagination be your guide. 
3. Assemble and Bake:  Roll the dough, cut it into circles using the back of the dough press as the cutter, add filling, fold the dough over and seal the edges, and bake.

See the video to make pocket sandwiches.

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