All-purpose frozen bread dough
- 300 g bread flour
- 6 g yeast
- 5 g salt
- 40 g sugar
- 135 g water
- 50 g egg
- 20 g room temperature unsalted butter
Prepare the frozen doughs
1. Mix yeast, sugar, egg and water together.
2. Add flour and salt, mix until no dry flour.
3. Knead for 3 mins by hand.
4. Cover the dough with lid for 15 mins.
5. Add butter to the dough and knead (like washing laundry) about 15 mins. The sticky dough will turn to non-stick dough.
6. Hit it on the board 20 times, so that it makes a thud sound.
7. Put it back in a bowl and cover the lid. Store in warm place until it double size. (1st proof: press a hole with floured finger if it can hold the hole)
8. Punch the dough and let the air out.
9. Divide the dough into 8 pieces.
10. Gently stretch the outer layer of the dough and push it inward.
11. Round it on you palm or table.
12. Continue with the rest of the doughs.
13. Place with distance in a non-stick pan and cover it with plastic wrap. Freeze them for 2 - 3 hours.
14. They can transfer to a plastic bag and frozen them up to 10 days.
A day before baking day
15. Put the frozen dough in the fridge before baking time 8 or more hours to defrost.
Baking day
16. Remove from the fridge to room temperature for at least 20 - 45 mins.
17. Shape it or add other ingredients if need.
18. 2nd proof it at room temperature for 1 hour.
17. Preheat the oven 356F. Bake for 18 - 20 mins. (Air fryer: 360F, 10 - 12 mins)
note:
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note:
note:
Frozen dough contains more yeast because the yeast dies a lot during freezing process. Compare with daily bread, it contains about 1.5 more yeast.
ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJU6VucrYdY&list=PLttKgZmPo_lIqWoSgpn54YCkOcf4IKvOs&index=11
