Oct 08, 2011
Need clearer directions on folding the dough?
I think I can help.
Start by opening and unrolling the crescent roll dough. You will have two rectangles of dough that are scored into triangles.
Place the first rectangle of dough on your cookie sheet so that it is taller than wide. This will be the base for your yummy fillings.
Divide the second piece of dough along the scored lines to form triangles as if you were rolling them for crescent rolls.
Position the triangles along the long sides of the rectangle that serves as your base. You will line them up with the short side of triangle slightly over the dough of the base. The opposite angle should stick out like a baseball pennant/flag.
(To help you imagine this: When this is done, your rectangle of dough might look like a saw with teeth coming out of each side.)
This should yield about 4-6 flags flying off the center base on each side. Press the dough together to hold. Line your fillings on the center base rectangle.
Now, fold each triangle into the center, pulling the dough across the filling and slightly down to meet the rectangle base on the opposite side. Triangles on opposite sides of your base should overlap or criss-cross each other as you fold.
(Visual: Think of how a corset's straps overlap. Or shoelaces.)
Just like a lattice pie, this will yield a crust that looks braided but is merely overlapped.
Wish I could draw you a picture but maybe this will help! :D
—VitaMeataVegamin
