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do i have to bake the pizza as soon as it has risen

Jan 8th 2011, 12:10

[tyke

Joined: Jan 8th 2011, 09:49
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Total Posts: 1 		can i make a ball of the defrosted dough and keep it until i want to bake it for dinner? 4 hours? or what should i do?
Jan 19th 2011, 11:08

Stacie

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Quote by [tyke
can i make a ball of the defrosted dough and keep it until i want to bake it for dinner? 4 hours? or what should i do?


As soon as the dough is defrosted and warm, it will begin to rise. You can always "punch" the dough down after it has risen and shape it into your pizza crust. Another possibility is to leave the frozen dough out on your counter during the day, then it should be thawed and ready by dinner time!
Jan 24th 2011, 12:11

ScottW

Joined: Sep 4th 2009, 11:45
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Total Posts: 0 		Another option, which I have used many times because of my frequent lack of planning, is to use a quick defrost method when your rolls are still frozen. I say "rolls" in this post because it seems more tricky to me to defrost a frozen loaf of bread than to defrost frozen rolls. My preference has been to use Rhodes Texas Rolls.

So, what I do when I forgot to get the rolls out earlier in the day is to take my bag of Rhodes Texas Rolls and divide them into three plastic bags (8 rolls in each bag).

I take the first bag and microwave it for 40 seconds. Then I do the same to the other two bags.

Second, I wait for about two minutes to let the dough cool down again. The worse thing you can do is to over-heat the dough or start to cook it in the microwave.

Third, I repeat the process but I reduce the time to about 30 seconds each bag. Then let the dough rest for a few minutes.

While doing this defrost process I do two things. I check the dough before putting it back into the microwave making sure it is not too hot or testing to see if it is warm enough to be able to mash the dough balls into one large dough ball. If the dough is too cold, it will not roll out very easily. The second thing I do, while dough is resting, is to gather my other ingredients and get out my pizza makers. (Yes, makers, as in plural! Having 6 kids means I need to cook more than one pizza at a time!)

Fourth, with each rotation into the microwave, the dough is going to be more likely to get too hot. So this time reduce the time to about 15 seconds (or 10 if your microwave is extra powerful!) It is better to do a couple shorter times than over-heat the dough by attempting another long time cook.

The dough should be about ready to mash together. Keep the dough in the bags and out on the counter until you are ready to start rolling out the dough.

FYI - I don't usually let the dough rise before rolling it out. I am not patient enough for that! It always turns out perfect (or so the kids keep telling me! Maybe they say that just so I will make pizza for them!) Whatever the reason, the kids eat it!

I has been really fun to try different types of pizzas. We are working on a new pizza landing page that will help guide you to making great pizza! We will keep you posted!