Cooking yeast dough is a rather laborious and somewhat creative process, which has a certain technology and features. Each housewife has her own recipes and baking secrets, but not many people know whether it is possible to store yeast dough in the refrigerator and how to do it.

You can store both unleavened and rich yeast dough. The shelf life depends on its composition, storage temperature and compliance with a number of other conditions. Let's talk about this in more detail.

How much yeast dough can be stored in the refrigerator? No more than 48 hours, but it is better to cook it within 24 hours after mixing or freeze it immediately.

Refrigerated storage methods

Sometimes it is difficult to calculate the required proportions of dough and filling for baking, and surplus remains during the cooking process. And then the question arises: is it possible to store the dough in the refrigerator? If you adhere to the rules and do not exceed the recommended shelf life, then this option is quite possible.

Option 1

If it is necessary to interrupt the dough preparation process for up to 24 hours, then the workpiece can be placed in the refrigerator and stored at a temperature of +5 ... 8 ℃. It can be:

• yeast diluted with liquid;
• kneaded dough (regardless of whether it had time to rise or not);
• formed products.

Before sending to the refrigerator, the dough must be kneaded thoroughly- this will help remove excess carbon dioxide. Then roll into balls, sprinkle with flour and put in a deep container (bowl, container). The container should be covered with cling film, making holes in it so that the dough "breathes".

For storage in the refrigerator, unleavened yeast dough is more suitable. The sugar in the butter dough speeds up the fermentation process: such a product can be left only until the morning, but it is better to freeze it right away.

Option 2

If you are not sure that tomorrow you will find time for baking, and there is a need to leave the workpiece for more than 1 day, then the dough can be placed in bags and stored in the refrigerator at a temperature no higher than +3 ℃ (no more than 2 days).

In this case, it is important to remember the following nuances:

• to comply with the temperature regime, the dough must be placed in the coldest part of the refrigerator - the freshness zone - or put on the middle shelf, closer to the wall. In these places the temperature is + 1 ... 3 ℃;
• in the cold, the fermentation process of yeast cultures does not stop, but only slows down, therefore it is important not to exceed the indicated storage periods. Otherwise, the dough will ferment and sour.

The dough must first be kneaded, rolled into balls, greased with vegetable oil, and then placed in dense plastic bags that are 2 times the size of the dough (if there is not enough space in the bag, the dough will simply break it and flow out). Tie the bags and make holes in them for ventilation.

How to store yeast dough in the refrigerator after raising? Knead thoroughly, grease with vegetable oil, place in a tight plastic bag with a volume of 2 times the dough. Tie the bag and make several holes in it so that the dough “breathes”. Store in the coldest place of the refrigerator for no more than 12-16 hours.

To use the dough after storage in the refrigerator, it must be removed from the bag, placed on a floured board and squeezed out well. Then place in a bowl, cover with a towel and leave warm until raised.

How to store yeast dough in the freezer

Since yeast dough cannot be kept in the refrigerator for a long time, the only way to keep it long-term is to freeze it. In the freezer at a temperature of -15 ... -18 ℃ dough can be stored for 2-3 months.

It is better to freeze a recently kneaded dough, and not one that has stood in the refrigerator for a whole day or a day: in the latter case, there is a great risk that the dough will not rise after defrosting.

Before freezing, the dough is thoroughly kneaded, divided into small pieces and sprinkled with flour or greased with vegetable oil. Then the dough is placed in a tight package and roll out if desired - flat shape promotes quick defrosting. The bags are tied and sent to the freezer.

For storage you can use sealed plastic containers or several layers of cling film (before wrapping the dough in plastic, it does not need to be oiled). Puff yeast dough wrapped in foil and rolled into rolls so that it does not dry out during storage.

Tip: If you often freeze dough, and several bags accumulate in the freezer, stick paper labels on them with information about the date the dough was kneaded, the recipe and the cooking stage at which it was frozen.

In order for the dough to retain all its properties and rise well, it must be properly defrosted. For this, the dough is transferred to the refrigerator and thawed for 2-3 hours. Then they take it out, knead it, put it in a bowl, cover it with a towel and leave it warm until it rises (away from drafts and direct sunlight).

To defrost the dough, you can use a microwave oven (3-5 minutes in defrosting mode) or warm water (the dough in waterproof bags is placed in a container with warm water until it is completely thawed).

• shape buns or other items;
• put on a greased baking sheet and send to a preheated oven;
• when the products rise a little, turn off the oven and remove the baking sheet;
• cool semi-finished products, wrap with cling film and freeze.

Such blanks are stored in the freezer. no more than 3 months... If necessary, defrost them, put them on a baking sheet and bake. Ready-made products based on semi-finished products are no less tasty and fluffy than from fresh dough.

It is not difficult to store yeast dough: if you follow the terms and rules, you can effortlessly please your loved ones with lush and aromatic pastries any day.

Video

We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the video recipe for yeast dough, which can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days:

She graduated from the author's physics and mathematics lyceum and art school. She received a higher education in economics in the direction of "innovation management". Freelancer. She is married and travels actively. He is interested in Buddhist philosophy, enjoys transsurfing and loves Mediterranean cuisine.

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My family is very fond of baking. And I hate to tinker with the dough. Therefore, I usually put it on a lot at once, and use it gradually over several days or even a month - as it goes. This is very convenient, because the yeast dough in the refrigerator or freezer is perfectly stored without losing its properties. And I'm buying a lot of time.

Storage rules

Where and how to store yeast dough depends on how soon you are going to use it.

Refrigerated storage

The usual temperature in the refrigerator is about +5 ° C, and in modern units with a freshness zone, it can drop to 0. These are excellent conditions if you need to store the yeast dough until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. But no longer.

The fermentation process in the absence of sufficient heat slows down, but does not stop at all. Within two days, the baking will not peroxide and retain its taste, but then it may become tasteless.

This applies to muffins for pies, rolls, bread, etc. But the pancake dough can turn sour faster, so it is advisable to use it within 24 hours.

How do I store these products:

• If there is dough left from the pies, I divide into portions and put in a dense (not disposable) plastic bag. I release the air from it to the maximum and tie it with a strong knot closer to the edge. Even at a low temperature, baked goods can "rise"; it needs to leave a place for this.

• Pancake dough you also need to leave as little air as possible so that it does not ferment. Just covering the pan with a lid is not enough, it is better to tighten it with cling film. Another convenient way is to pour it through a funnel into a plastic bottle of suitable size and screw the cap back on. Then it will be possible to bake pancakes by pouring the mass into the pan directly from the bottle.

Freezer storage

If you ask whether it is possible to freeze yeast dough, I will answer - of course! You probably bought this frozen product in the store. And they were hardly dissatisfied with the quality of the baked goods.

The yeast dough can be stored in the freezer for up to three months at a temperature of -18 °C... Longer is undesirable - it will freeze.

In my opinion, frozen yeast dough tastes even better after defrosting than fresh dough. The main thing is not to freeze it again..

I use two storage methods:

• Portioned... As in the previous case, I divide it into portions with my own hands and put it in a tight plastic bag or a special freezer bag with a lock.
• In the form of semi-finished products... If I know that in the near future I will have absolutely no time to bake, then I form buns or pies in my free time.

And then I spread vegetable oil on a baking sheet, put semi-finished products on it and send them to a hot oven for just a few minutes.

As soon as they have risen a little, I take it out, cool it, wrap the baking sheet with cling film and put it in the freezer. When needed, I take it out, defrost it and put it in the oven to bake.

Defrosting rules

It is best to defrost the product naturally - at room temperature. This will take a lot of time, at least 12 hours, so you need to get it out of the freezer in advance. If you are going to bake in the morning, then in the evening.

But I have attacks of sclerosis or situations where baking may be needed earlier. For example, unexpected guests. The price of finished baked goods bites, and you need to go to the store for it.

I am using express methods. Their choice depends on how urgently you may need baking:

Image	Express methods
	In 5-6 hours This can be done by placing the baked goods in a bowl, covering with a lid, and placing in a warm place. In my case, this is a heating boiler, but it can be a battery, a heater, or a working stove. You just need to periodically turn the dishes with a cold side to warmth.
	For 2-2.5 hours freeze will go away in warm water. It must be dipped into a pot of water without removing it from the bag. And from time to time change or heat the water.
	In a few minutes (from 2 to 10 depending on the volume of the piece) the product will thaw in the microwave. The instruction recommends choosing the defrosting mode, and setting the timer to the minimum time. It is better to add it later if the process has not finished. If you overdo it, the top layer of the dough will overheat and dry out. I try to cut it into smaller pieces so that it defrosts evenly. This option is the most undesirable one. It's best to remember to get the frozen food out of the freezer on time.

Cold dough recipe

Ingredients:

• Fast-acting dry yeast - 11 g;
• Flour - 5 glasses;
• Eggs - 2 pcs;
• Butter - 200 g;
• Milk - 1 glass;
• Sugar - 0.5 cups for sweet pastries, 1-2 tbsp. for savory;
• Salt - 0.5 tsp

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	Step 1 Pour warm milk into a bowl and mix with eggs.
	Step 2 Add melted and cooled until warm butter.
	Step 3 Add salt and sugar. Stir.
	Step 4 Add a bag of yeast.
	Step 5 Sift the flour and, gradually adding it to the rest of the ingredients, knead the dough.
	Step 6 Put it in a bag and refrigerate for 1.5-2 hours. During this time, the dough will rise, taking up the entire volume of the package, and will be ready to work.

Conclusion

Knowing how long you can store the dough chilled will save you cooking time. Because you can knead large portions and use it in portions. It is very convenient for working women.

Another interesting recipe is presented in the video in this article. The milk in it can be easily replaced with water and used during the fast to make delicious pastries.

Very often, young hostesses ask how to store yeast dough for pies and how many days it can lie in the refrigerator. We offer several popular options, using which you can save excess dough for a period from two days to three months.

So, where is the best place to place the dough:

• in fridge;
• in the freezer;
• in the form of frozen semi-finished products (pies).

Let's consider each option in more detail.

We store in the refrigerator

This method will help preserve leftover food for up to two days. Proceed as follows:

1. Take a deep bowl, sprinkle well with flour inside.
2. Put an unused product in it, cover with cling film.
3. Make a small hole, put it on the shelf in the refrigerator.

The dough should not be left for longer than two days in such conditions, otherwise it may turn sour. Try to use it as early as possible. If you still can't use it within 48 hours, refrigerate it.

We leave in the freezer

Cool the leftover yeast material slightly before freezing. Cut into portions and dust with flour. Next, put the pieces in a plastic bag, tie well. In order not to forget the date of manufacture, sign each one.

The frozen product can be stored for up to three months. If necessary, remove the required amount of dough, wait until it is completely thawed, and use as usual.

How to preserve semi-finished products

Yeast dough can be stored as semi-finished products. For this:

1. Shape into filled patties or any other items.
2. Place on a greased baking sheet and place in a preheated oven.
3. As soon as the products rise a little, turn off the oven, remove the pies.
4. Cool, wrap with cling film and freeze.

You can leave such products in the freezer for no more than three months. Remove from storage if necessary, defrost, place on a baking sheet and bake.

What could be tastier than homemade baked goods? Not a single festive table is complete without an appetizing pie or a mind-blowing homemade cake, and the most hearty breakfast, lunch or dinner will be incomplete without sweets. The most popular among culinary specialists is yeast dough, which is used to make pies, donuts, pies, cheesecakes and buns. But it often happens that the required amount of products is cooked, but the raw materials remain. Many do not know how to proceed and how to store yeast dough. Can be chilled or frozen in the refrigerator, but subject to some rules.

Yeast dough can be stored in the refrigerator

Refrigerator storage rules

Required ingredients of yeast raw materials: water (milk), flour, yeast. These constituents are easily stored in the cold. Leave the yeast dough in the refrigerator. How much to store it, you ask, a maximum of a day. With slight drops in air temperature, fermentation, provoked in the mass by yeast, continues, although it stops slightly. Therefore, during the next day it must be used, otherwise it will turn sour. To keep the batter correctly, you need:

• divide it into small pieces;
• make a ball from each piece and grease with any vegetable oil;
• the resulting products should be sent in polyethylene or wrapped in cling film, first you need to make holes so that the mass "breathes";
• keep until tomorrow in the coldest place of the refrigerator.

Storage is possible at this temperature range: from + 1 to + 7 ° C.

Freezer storage

Leaving the workpiece for a long time is easy - just freeze it. If the required air temperature and humidity are maintained, the mass does not lose its properties even when frozen. It is not difficult to understand how long the dough can be stored: if the temperature range reaches -15-18 C °, it can be stored for 2 months. There is a list of rules that must be strictly followed.

1. Divide the mass into parts, taking into account the fact that gradually defrost as much as needed for one time, and not the entire workpiece.
2. Grease the resulting pieces with vegetable oil or sprinkle with flour.
3. Place the parts in special containers or wrap them in plastic wrap for better storage.
4. If desired, you can roll it into a roll.

Do not defrost, thaw and re-freeze during storage in the freezer.

The dough should be frozen in portions

Defrosting rules

Frozen raw materials can be easily spoiled if they are defrosted poorly. Defrosting is carried out gradually, step by step. The frozen doughy mass must be moved to the refrigerator for several hours so that it thaws a little. Then pull out and put to thaw at room temperature. It is advisable not to leave the workpiece to be defrosted in drafts or under the sun.

Cover the slightly cool dough with a cloth and wait for the yeast to ferment and it begins to rise. If it has already risen, you can immediately proceed to rolling, shaping and baking products.

The thawed dough should be kept away from drafts.

Storage of yeast-free product

A characteristic feature of a yeast-free mass is the absence of yeast in the composition: unleavened, biscuit, shortbread, chopped, puff, choux and pancake dough. Due to this, it has a long shelf life.

1. Fresh food is easy and quick to prepare, the main ingredients are flour and cold water. Indispensable for making dumplings, dumplings, baking pies and pizza. It is very easy to store in the refrigerator: divide into parts, make cakes from them, wrap with cling film and put on the shelf. So it will hold out until the next day. Frozen dumplings and pizza doughs can be stored for up to 6 months, and after defrosting they will be suitable for baking.
2. Sponge cake is very capricious, so cooking requires a certain skill. But the taste is amazing! In the refrigerator, the product can withstand 7 days, in the freezer - up to 6 months. To preserve the biscuit dough, it is important to carefully pack it in an airtight container and plastic.
3. Shortbread is ideal for baking delicious cookies. The cold is only good for him. That is why, before baking shortcrust pastry products, it is kept in the refrigerator for about 4 hours. It can be stored frozen in the freezer for about 2 months. After defrosting, it is imperative to knead it until the lumps disappear. Then it will be especially crumbly.
4. Chopped, which is a kind of shortbread, should not be kept in the cold for a long time, maximum until the next morning. It is better to store it in the refrigerator, because as a result of freezing, the finished chopped dough hardens and becomes unusable.
5. Puff, due to its plasticity, is ideal for preparing various curly products. It can be used to make croissants, puffs and bows. It keeps well in the cold, where it can be left for a long time. Only the puff pastry must not be allowed to dry out, so it is important to carefully pack it in cling film and leave it in the refrigerator. It is best to additionally wrap it with polyethylene before freezing. Stored for about 3 days in the refrigerator, and up to 5 months in the freezer.
6. Custard is perfect for the formation of porous products - cakes, eclairs, profiteroles and pasties. Pre-prepared blanks feel great in the freezer without losing their crunchy properties. The finished custard dough wrapped in foil can be left in the refrigerator for 3 days and in the freezer for six months.

Conclusion

It is easy to conclude that the finished dough remaining in the cooking process can be easily stored in the refrigerator or freezer for a long time. Subject to the terms and characteristics of storage, you can effortlessly please yourself, friends and loved ones with fresh homemade cakes.

We often like to pamper our loved ones with delicious pastries. Using new recipes, you can make a mistake with the proportions and knead a lot of dough. How to get out of this situation. Let's turn to the opinion of experienced housewives who know if the dough can be stored in the refrigerator.

Yeast

Can yeast dough be kept in the refrigerator? Is our answer, yes. The dough can always be frozen. Due to the fact that it contains milk and water, it is easy to freeze. So you can freeze the remaining dough, and then defrost when necessary. What to consider when freezing is how much you can store.

If a large amount of yeast dough is kneaded, put it in a bag and store it on the top shelf of the refrigerator. Such baking can be postponed for two days, this is the maximum period. In such a test, living organisms take part, entering into the process with sugar and water, fermentation occurs at certain temperatures. We conclude that when the temperature drops, the fermentation process slows down, so it becomes possible to bake buns today, pies in a couple of days, without wasting time on a new batch. Why only for two days? But because the process slows down, and does not stop. And leave it for a longer period, then you can safely throw it away. For two days, the baking will retain its taste. In order to use the yeast dough after the refrigerator, it is necessary to heat it to room temperature, and then bake, fry, steam.

How much is stored

If yeast dough is not needed in the near future, you should get special bags for storing food in the freezer. In this form, its life can be extended up to three months. Defrosting such a mass is necessary at optimal room temperatures. As a rule, all qualities are preserved. Having survived the winter, the dough will show itself perfectly fried. The yeast dough for pies in the refrigerator will lie for a couple of days, and after the freezer it will simply not be recognized. The quality will not only not deteriorate, but will get better. If you want to use it for a cake, leave it spaced apart. During the proofing of the dough, it is filled with oxygen, the maximum increase in carbon dioxide passes and the mass becomes fluffy.

Quick defrost

When defrosting yeast dough, it will take 10-12 hours:

• A convenient way to get the workpiece out in the evening and leave it on the bottom shelf of the refrigerating chamber, and in the morning it will be ready for further use;
• It can be immersed in warm water, then the dough will defrost faster. Just remember to put it in a waterproof bag. After a few hours, the mass is ready for use;
• It takes about 5 hours to quickly defrost the yeast dough. You can put it near a working stove, for this put it in a saucepan, sometimes unfold it;
• You can defrost the mass in the microwave. We select the defrosting mode, set the timer for 2 minutes.

The baking is not subject to re-freezing. Ready-made puff pastry, which you can buy at any grocery store, requires special attention.

Yeast-free

What is a yeast-free dough - these are all types of dough in which yeast is not put. It can be puff pastry, biscuit, custard and many other types of dough.

The pizza dough can be stored for about six months. To do this, it is divided into portions, wrapped in foil and placed in a freezer. If you don't want to freeze it, it will stay in the refrigerator for several days. When frozen, defrosting, the taste is not lost.

How to store biscuit dough? It is placed in a tightly closed container or bag. It will live in the refrigerator for a week, in the freezer it can be forgotten for six months.

Let's talk about shortbread dough, after defrosting it requires special care. It needs to be kneaded again to get rid of the lumps. The shortbread dough will stay in the freezer for two to three months. The cookies will be crumbly and will melt in your mouth. The second type of shortbread dough is called chopped, it cannot be stored in the freezer, its quality will be disgusting.

Puff pastry is stored under the same conditions as pizza dough. It is only necessary to first wrap it in cling film, and wrap it in a tight bag before the freezer.

Defrosting

We bought ready-made puff pastry, came home and decided to do it. To defrost this type of dough, you can refer to the above methods. It will take half the time to defrost it:

• I would like to note that the defrosting method near the stove is not acceptable for puff pastry. Because it contains a large amount of oil and fat. In order not to disturb the consistency of the dough, we do not thaw it in this way;

• You can wrap the mass in a towel and place it on the battery, and after 30 minutes everything is ready to use;
• In a microwave oven, the mass will deteriorate in 2 minutes. If you need to defrost quickly, refer to the warm water immersion method. Just do not overheat better longer, but better.

Experienced housewives try not to resort to purchased dough. But they also use them. It is recommended to read the instructions for the dough before defrosting. Then it won't let you down.

Let's sum up

Knowing the conditions for storing the dough in the refrigerator or freezer, the requirements for freezing and defrosting each type of dough, you can safely use purchased or knead delicious homemade dough enough times, and then use it for several months, pampering loved ones and surprising friends with excellent pastries. After reading the article, we can firmly answer the main question of interest. You can ask, we will answer of course Yes.