Bread??

windowshopping

Hi:wave:, I fancy trying to make homemade bread to mop up my tea tomorrow night, tea is going in slow cooker so will be ready when I return home from work - trouble is I won't have time to make the bread, will it be okay to mix, knead, and let dough proof? tonight then just cook it when I arrive home tomorrow or will it fail miserably?
Thanks

suki1964

i remember them saying on the bake off, you can prove the dough in the fridge overnight, makes for a denser bread

tina_malteser

There is no straightforward answer to this, because of how long you want to leave it for, if you google it, it throws up a few answers,
Hope it helps x

StressedSteph

Not sure if can be done successfull as the yeast will be active from when you knead the dough and might well have over risen by the time you get home.
Not sure if putting it in the fridge, will provide a slow rise during the day or will stall it until you warm it up again.

Pity you haven't got a bread machine, then you could set the time for it to cook for.

Best of luck,

Let us know how you get on. x

windowshopping

Oooooo - maybe a bread maker is the way to go, now I've got a perfect reason to buy one, many thanks for everyone's input x

GreyQueen

I regularly leave wholemeal bread rolls on a covered baking tray to prove for an entire day, it really develops the flavour. Your home will need to be relatively-warm for them to rise and stay risen, though. They'd then bake in 15-20 (with 10 mins or a bit less to heat the oven.

I was given a breadmaker but honestly don't like the taste of b.m. bread nor the hassle of an extra appliance in a very small home, so I freecycled it. I find I prefer the simplicity of oven-baked bread, but each to their own.