How Do You Freeze Yeast Bread Dough?
There are many reasons why people freeze bread dough. The first reason is that it saves time. If you limit your bread baking to once a month, you can prepare enough bread dough for the month, shape it into loaves and freeze it for whenever you want fresh baked bread. Another popular reason for freezing bread dough is that the dough loaves take up less space in the freezer than a baked loaf. Other people freeze bread dough to give the dough loaves away as gifts to family members who love freshly baked bread but are unable to prepare the dough themselves.Difficulty: AverageTime Required: indefiniteHere’s How: • Double the yeast. Use only active dry yeast – not fast-acting yeast. Mix bread according to the recipe s instructions but double the yeast amount. This is to compensate for the yeast that will die off in the freezing process. • Let the bread go through its first rise. Most yeast breads go through 2 rises. Let the dough do its first rise in a greased bowl as per recipe instructions
