Abstract: The apparatus includes a first conveyor for carrying dough portions in a first direction, and a second, endless conveyor for carrying the dough portions in a second direction out of plane with the first direction, the second conveyor having a pickup end immediately adjacent the first conveyor and a discharge end for delivering the dough portions to the pans. The cross-sectional dimension of the second conveyor at the pickup end is relatively thin, in order to insure that all of the dough portions are conveyed onto the second conveyor. A third conveyor is provided having a pickup portion underneath the discharge end of the second conveyor, such that pans fed onto the third conveyor receive the dough portions from the discharge end of the second conveyor.