How-To freezing Bread Dough

Why should you frost your dough? Well there are many reasons. The mixing process can some times be time consuming, so it is nice to be able to mix enough dough to make some loaves of bread at once and frost what you don't use that day for an additional one day. This allows you to pull out a freezing loaf and bake it with out having to go though the mixing process again for a while.

We advise using a high capability kitchen mixer, like the Bosch Universal Plus Mixer, which can make enough dough for up-to nine loaves of bread at once (note: quest YouTube.com for "bosch 9 loaves video" for a demonstration). This will get you some loaves of bread dough to frost with the least estimate of work. Mix and knead bread dough until it is ready to rise, but don't leave it out to rise.

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Once the dough is mixed and kneaded you will want to shape it and then frost it immediately, do not let it rise before putting in the freezer. When freezing dough for a loaf of bread, I find it best to place the dough in a lightly greased pan while freezing it. This will insure that it will fit in the pan you will be baking the loaf in when you are ready to cook it.

How-To freezing Bread Dough

After the dough is frozen, it is time to container it. You can take off it from the pan after it is freezing or you can just container the pan and dough together if you feel like it, it may save you some time. To container it, place the freezing dough in a 1 gallon zip-lock freezer bag or use a kitchen vacuum sealer like the VacMaster Pro 130. If you are placing multiple loaves of bread in one package, it is best to use something like wax paper to keep them separated at thawing time.

Frozen dough will keep in the freezer for about 3 months or less. To de-thaw the bread dough, take off it from freezer container and place it in a lightly greased pan. Now cover the pan loosely with plastic wrap, the thawing will take a while and this will keep the dough from drying out. Set the pan on the counter and allow it to come to room climatic characteristic and then rise to double its size. This part of the process is going to take most of the day, so be inpatient with it and plan ahead for it. It is best to start this in the morning so you can cook it later that evening.

You may now bake and enjoy your loaf of bread. take off the plastic and place the pan in the oven for what ever the method cook time calls for. Remember that when production home made whole wheat bread, it is best to do it with freshly milled whole wheat flour using a capability electric or hand wheat grinder.

How-To freezing Bread Dough

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