Here's a note I received from Fleischmanns regarding using cold or cooler water when dough is refrigerated over-nite. Warmer liquids will make the yeast more active in the beginning, but they slow down when put in the refrigerator. The temperature of the liquid you use to dissolve your yeast in must not be changed. If you are using the mixer method, you must still heat the liquids to 120 to 130. If you are dissolving your yeast in warm water (105 to 115), you may add cold liquids after your yeast has completely dissolved. When our test kitchen tests refrigerator breads, we do not decrease the temperature of the liquids, and get good results. Some dough can be refrigerated up to 3 days.
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