A friend turned me on to this frozen bread that you can bake in your oven. He claims there cant be as much preservatives, etc in it, as its frozen. So I decided to give it a shot. I bought a package of 5 at the local wal bucket. He said to let it rise in a bread pan for about 6-8 hours and then bake it. Easy as Pie.
1st take, I put it in this semi oval 9 x 13 x 1 inch deep pan and let it sit overnight...Bad choice. It rose out not up and covered the pan. No worries I thought, I'll just fold it over and bake it, and it will rise in the oven. Nope its rising days were over....
Take two...So I got a smaller pan, actually one more like a bread pan. like 9 x 4 x 3 inches deep or so. My downfall here is I let the bread rise too long. It looked like a small atomic cloud when it was done. Ok I've GOT to stop letting it rise over night as my house is too warm. I'd been doing it for like 8 hours over night, cause thats what he said. He didnt mention his house is like 62, and mine is like 72.
Third times a charm right? Uh no....I did this one during the day, put it in the same bread pan, BUT I only let it rise 6 hours, just to the top of the pan. ALL RIGHT! It looks like bread. Throw it in the oven, bake it at 325 for 20 mins....the top is nice golden brown. PERFECT!! Until I cut into it, and the inside is still gooey!! ARRRGGGG!!
I dunno what my infatuation with in baking bread...maybe cause its 70 cents a loaf versus 1.50. But after all that work...I may not bake any more....
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Buy a real bread pan, let the dough rise until its just a little taller than the pan. Bake at 325F until golden - and if you tap the top, it sounds hollow. It should take at least 40 minutes. You might want to see if your oven temp is correct.
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