as shown in fig6 extrusion form 140 has at least one non circular aperture 147 and may include multiple apertures 147 depending upon desired capacity non circular aperture 147 resembles the non round cookie intermediate 120 and is defined by at least four sides 148 adjacent sides 148 do not come into perpendicular contact but are instead joined by at least four non corner aperture segments 150 the non corner aperture segments 150 can comprise any of a variety of non perpendicular junctions between the adjacent sides 148 such as for example arcs or angled sides that extend between and connect adjacent sides 148 sides 148 have a side length 152 opposed sides 148 are separated by a separation length 154 to form non round cookie intermediate 120 a ratio of side length 152 to separation length 154 can be at a range of about 0 1 to about 0 9 when extrusion form 140 includes a plurality of apertures 147 the apertures 147 are separated by an aperture separation distance 156 which ranges from about 0 01 inches to about 0 25 inches when the extrusion form 140 includes multiple apertures 147 a row 158 of non round cookie intermediates 120 can be simultaneously extruded and positioned on the conveyor 146 as shown in fig7 initially the non round cookie intermediates 120 are spaced apart by the aperture separation distance 156 the conveyor 146 is then lifted causing sides 128 of adjacent non round cookie intermediates 120 to abut one another along the contact length 132 to create a dough set 160 as shown in fig8 because of the contact along.