Experiment time!
Well. So.
The bread dough did seem to be sort of growing a little bit by the time the 2h rise was up, but not at any real pace. I didn’t have enough time to make new dough & let rise, or to change the environment and restart the 2h rise, and punch down, rise again, bake before our plans yesterday. That was what super bummed me.
So I did what any sane and curious person would do. I left it alone.
By this morning, it had definitely risen a goodly amount. I didn’t have time to do anything with it before my piano lesson, and then after I debated. Curiosity won out, as usual.
The dough has been punched down, and is waiting 15 more minutes in the warmest spot I could think of.… Continue reading →