Dough-Raising Shortcut

Cut the dough-raising time of your bread by using a hot compress.

By Pat Kelly
December 2011/January 2012

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Save time baking bread, and spend more time enjoying and eating it, with this speedy dough-raising trick.
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While making bread, I thought of my rice-filled hot compress that I heat in the microwave. I warmed it until it was the right temperature and put the bowl of bread dough on top of it to rise, reheating the compress as necessary.

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The compress molded to the shape of the bowl I had the dough in, and it cut the dough’s rising time way down.

Pat Kelly
Crystal Lake, Illinois

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