Newbie to this forum...
Hello everyone, I am a very new bread maker and looking forward to finding out tips and tricks to good bread making. I am baking as we speak...I found a recipe on youtube and tried it which worked fine, but to get bread for lunch I had to start very early. So my attempt today was to mix up the bread last night let it have first rise then shape and bag in the fridge. This morning I got up at 5 to see how the loaf was doing and to me it looked over proofed so knocked it back again and let it rise for the 3rd time out of the fridge about 1 and 1/2 hours and is now in the oven. Fingers crossed ....just checked with 13 minutes to go it looks great. I am wondering if it would be better to put dough in the fridge before first rise then in the morning shape and 2nd rise out of the fridge. Also if i put dough in the fridge do I seal it up or leave an air hole and space for growing....This has become my new passion have made a diy bread slicer to help .....