How long can I hold an egg bread dough??

16 years ago

I need to bake 4 loaves of an egg bread.

The recipe mixes it in the bread machine and finishes in the oven.

I was wondering if it is possible to mix up the dough and hold it in the refrigerator for a day or so until I can bake it all at once??

Any advice appreciated!

Nancy

here is the recipe from allrecipes:

Cardamom Bread

Submitted by: ruth

Yields: 12 servings

"This is a lovely spiced tea loaf for the bread machine with a reasonably short rise time for a yeast bread."

INGREDIENTS:

1 egg

1/4 cup water

1/2 cup evaporated skim milk

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons canola oil

3 cups bread flour

1 teaspoon ground cardamom

3 tablespoons white sugar

1 teaspoon active dry yeast

DIRECTIONS:

1. Place all ingredients into bread machine in the proper order for your machine. Use the Dough cycle.

2. At end of the Dough cycle, remove dough from the machine. Place on a lightly floured board, and let it rest, covered, for about 10 minutes.

3. Shape dough into a loaf, and place it in a 9 x 5 inch greased bread pan. Cover, and let rise for 45 minutes.

4. Just before baking, brush the top of the dough with a little milk, and slash a line down the center. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack.

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Comments (6)

wizardnm
16 years ago
Most recipes that I've seen like this say that they can be help in the refrigerator 3-4 days. I have dough in the fridge that I made yesterday, plan on baking half today and the rest tomorrow or Thurs. It has 3 egg yolks in it. The recipe is from a new cookbook from a well know author. She also goes on to say that your can freeze the dough...

Nancy
kframe19
16 years ago
2 to 4 days in the fridge, 3 months in the freezer if wrapped tightly.
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thanks! It's chillin' as we speak!
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I can't answer the question, but thanks for the recipe. Have you made it before? I've been wanting to make bread for a couple weeks now... I used to bake all my bread, but I've been so lazy I've been buying it for the last eight months or so... I bought a jar of cardamom to make Dirt Bombs with a whle ago, but haven't used it for anything else. How sweet is this bread, and what do you like to spread on it? Thanks!
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16 years ago
vaccumfreak--

I made it this weekend to try it out. I'm making the 4 loaves for the Girl Scout's Thinking Day on Thurs. Our troop is representing Sweden. I googled and chose this recipe as most of them are braided and I figured this was easier to slice in small samples (they expect over 300 girls!)

This is not really sweet at all--I actually threw in another T of sugar for the next few batches. the first batch seemed a little dry as it kneaded, so I threw in an extra T of water (actually I "rinsed" out my measuring cup with the T of water, so it picked up a little milk, a little egg...)

It's a nice firm bread, good for toasting--I like it plain or with a little butter. My Swedish friend said it needs lingonberry jam--not something I have in my pantry!
namabafo
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16 years ago
Well, I just looked in the fridge and the dough has just about doubled since yesterday! oops. I guess I'll bake it as soon as it reaches room temp.

Maybe if I took it out of the bread machine as soon as it was done kneading? It does sit there for about 50 min, but doesn't seem to rise at all..

oh well..off to bake...

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