Thanks!

I was hoping it would be that easy. I guess from now on my bread will be a
couple of buns short!

Donna

"Mary" > wrote in message
om...
> I freeze bread dough frequently. Normally I make dough requiring two
> rises, and freeze the dough after the first rise and after shaping.
> For loaves I simply put the dough in the pan, cover it (right on the
> dough) with plastic wrap, and put it into the freezer. After it's
> frozen you can pop it out of the pan and put it into a plastic bag, or
> just leave it in the pan. When you're ready to bake, just put the
> frozen dough on the counter, covered with the plastic wrap, and let it
> thaw, which will take two to four hours. When thawed, remove the
> plastic wrap and put it out for its second rising. I have never needed
> to adjust any recipe, and have had consistently good results!
>
>
> "D.Currie" > wrote in message
>...
> > I've been baking a lot of bread lately, and what I've been doing is
making a
> > batch for 2 loaves, baking one, and putting the other half in the fridge
> > after the first rise. Depending on when I bake the second loaf, I either
> > bake it as is (it rises enough in the fridge to bake) or if it's been
there
> > a few days, I punch it down, re-shape, let it rise, and bake it. That's
been
> > working out fine.
> >
> > But now I'm thinking it would be ideal if I could lop off enough dough
to
> > make 2-4 rolls, and freeze them for later use. That way, if I just
wanted a
> > few rolls, I could take them out of the freezer and make them, without
> > mixing up a whole batch of dough. Or I could make a whole variety of
buns (I
> > tend to make different types of bread each time) from whatever I have
> > frozen.
> >
> > I know it's possible to freeze dough, since they sell frozen bread
dough,
> > but do they use "normal" yeast, or is mine going to freeze to death? How
> > would I go about this for the best result? Freeze after I punch it down
and
> > form it? Let it rise a bit first? Freeze it right after I make it?
> >
> > And what about baking? Thaw, don't thaw?
> >
> > Any suggestions?