Frozen Bread Dough

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 12 -13 cups bread flour (if i use some whole wheat flour, i use less flour)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 2/3 cup instant nonfat dry milk powder (powdered milk)
• 4 packages active dry yeast (i use 4 tablespoons especially with wheat flour)
• 1/4 cup soft butter or 1/4 cup soft margarine
• 4 cups very warm water

Recipe

• 1 i sprinkle the yeast on the 4 cups water and add the 1/2 cup sugar and let the yeast work.
• 2 in a large bowl or bread mixer mix powdered milk, 4 cups flour, salt and butter.
• 3 add the yeast water and mix (you can use an electric mixer) as you keep adding flour you will need to knead by hand (or use a bread mixer) add flour until you get a stiff dough (you might not need all of flour, it depends on the moisture content of your flour) knead for 15 minutes and then cover with a towel and let rest for 15 minutes.
• 4 divide dough into 4 equal balls.
• 5 smooth balls and place on a cookie sheet and cover with plastic wrap.
• 6 freeze balls until firm and then transfer to freezer bags and store in freezer.
• 7 recommended storage time 1 month.
• 8 to bake: remove frozen dough from freezer, open freezer bag and leave dough in bag to thaw or place on a cookie sheet and cover with plastic wrap to thaw.
• 9 it is very important to have a plastic covering over dough to thaw (dough really dries out without the plastic covering).
• 10 (it usually takes about 4 hours to thaw) shape into loaves or leave round or make pizza crust or rolls or whatever you do with freezer dough.
• 11 let rise until doubled (1 1/2 hours) bake regular bread loaves at 350 for 35 minutes.
• 12 i like to brush the bread loaf with 1 beaten egg and return it to the oven for 5 minutes.