How to Lay 2 Cans of Crescent Dough in Bar Pan

[babywings76]

:blushing: This is kind of embarrassing, but I can never get this quite right. I have 2 cans of the dough, I need to lay them in the large bar pan for the crust. If I lay them the long way, on the long side of the pan, they aren't long enough. Is that the direction they should go, then I just use the roller to stretch it out? Or do I lay the dough the long way on the short sides of the bar pan? That way feels like they are just too long and there is too much bulky dough. I feel like I need a picture.

 

[kam]

Don't feel bad...I struggle with this too!

 

[Get_Pampered]

I have never used 2 cans of dough. I lay out just one and smoosh it out to the edges. This works just fine for the 3 Cheese Garden Pizza anyway...the crust thickness was just right.

 

[babywings76]

I have never used 2 cans of dough. I lay out just one and smoosh it out to the edges. This works just fine for the 3 Cheese Garden Pizza anyway...the crust thickness was just right.

I use pizza dough for that recipe and don't have trouble. Just when I'm doing the crescent dough crust. One can doesn't seem to stretch quite right and the recipes call for 2 cans. I'm making a crescent roll crust and then cooking a mexican beef mixture and then putting on cheese to bake longer and then serving with salad.

 

[DebbieJ]

You have to take them apart and place them so it all fits.

 

[babywings76]

Okay, so it's in the oven. I did the long way on the long sides. There was a couple inches overlap of the 2 sheets of dough, but I used the roller to kind of smoosh and even things out. I think this is how I did it in the past. I need to write it down somewhere so that when I do this I don't have to think about it as long. I don't do these crescent roll crusts very often (fattening) but I've got dough to use up and a friend is coming over for lunch.

 

[Get_Pampered]

You could cut the dough excess into fun shapes, sprinkle with a seasoning of your choice (I like garlic), bake alongside the crust and use them like croutons for your salad. Then it looks like you meant to have extra

 

[babywings76]

You have to take them apart and place them so it all fits.

I was wondering about that. I had one tube of the "recipe creations" and one of regular crescent dough. Because they market the recipe creations sheet kind, I figured there was a specific way to get them laid out right. KWIM? The regular dough with it's sections, made me think that there would be a way to piece it together.

I'm over thinking things....

 

[wadesgirl]

I always just lay them out and pinch the seams thogether. Sometimes I have extra or have to tear them a part to fit correctly.

 

[Nanisu]

I just lay them out the long way, Bakers Roller them to seal the seams, and trim any excess with the 5" utility knife, showing how it's ok to use it on stoneware.

 

[Kitchen Diva]

I have never used 2 cans of dough. I lay out just one and smoosh it out to the edges. This works just fine for the 3 Cheese Garden Pizza anyway...the crust thickness was just right.

I do the exact same thing...less calories, too!