"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sun 18 Jul 2010 07:05:19p, jmcquown told us...
>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:37:47 -0500, George Leppla
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Back in the "long ago" when I was going to college, I would buy
>>>> 10 loaves of frozen bread dough for $1 at the bread outlet
>>>> store. The local market sold small cans of tomato sauce for 10
>>>> to 15 cents each... and this was in Wisconsin, so the local
>>>> cheese places had mozzarella cheap. It was possible to put
>>>> together a cheese pizza for less than $1.
>>>>
>>>> Sometimes that bread dough got defrosted and turned into
>>>> pretzels. Funny how creative you can be when you are broke.
>>>
>>> Sounds like you ate well, George. Necessity is the mother of
>>> invention!
>>>
>>
>> Indeed I don't mind frozen bread dough at all. I have some in
>> the freezer; I make it a couple of times a year. I have frozen
>> roll dough, too.
>>
>> I went through a phase where I baked my own bread, using my
>> grandmother's recipe and some other recipes. (All the recipes
>> have been posted here in years past.) The breads and rolls turned
>> out great! But they were a lot more work than I want to deal with
>> most of the time. So when I do feel like "fresh" bread, the raw
>> frozen bread dough, raw frozen dinner rolls, raw frozen
>> biscuits... they work for me
>>
>> Jill <--- never been a "baker"
>>
>>
>
> Unless there's something about the yeast dough itself (in some
> recipes), I have no qualms about using any of the frozen bread
> doughs.
>
> Wayne Boatwright
>
>
I freeze leftover pizza dough without a problem. It's important to let it
thaw completely to room temp, or slightly above. At that point poke the
dough with your finger, and it should bounce back a bit, indicating the
yeast is still active. Then proceed as you would.

Kent