94: How to Freeze SMALL Rolls and the BEST way to Bring them Back! - Bake with Jack

Fresh bread freezes really well, but defrosting it well is another thing entirely. In this video I try four different ways to see what's best!

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[adrienc]

I am a man in his 50's and brand new to this "baking business" so I need all the help I can get...and "Bake with Jack" has inspired me to go out and buy a bag of flour and some yeast! :) Oh and now I know how to properly freeze and thaw some of the "delicious" homemade bread which I will be baking...fingers crossed! LOL! Ta Jack!
Adrien

[lornaschauseil]

After finding BwJ on youtube several weeks ago, and then finding your tips and listening to all of them (4 days - 92 tips) I have gone through withdrawal - missing your animated voice and videos. I have just finished my fourth round of baking bread with the same recipe - tweaking it each time and and weighing the ingredients carefully. Found my biggest problem was adding flour while kneading until it was not sticky. I now use fingers and scrapers to knead until not sticky and I finally have a recipe for sandwich bread that I really really like and can whip up with no guesswork. Started looking into how to freeze so I can have fresh bread every 3 days or so and - lo and behold - here you are. I have learned so much listening to your tips and videos. Thanks for taking the time to prepare these videos and keep us excited about making bread. I know they look like they were easily done - but try doing anything like this Every Single Thursday and see how quickly you run out of ideas and enthusiasm. Sour dough bread is next on my agenda and I will leave this missive with another Thank you so much from across the pond.
Lorna

[colindee]

I have been baking a weeks worth of 110g rolls at a time and freezing them. I fully bake them before freezing and then defrost using the microwave. 30 seconds defrosts one and I then just need to let it cool before using. They even come out crusty, if that’s how they were frozen.
Really appreciate your posts and just how informative they are for novices like me. Thanks.

[Subject_Proto]

Well, I don’t have a freezer cause I live in a cave...

[ScottGoltl]

I bake up two or four white loaves at a time and then once they are cooled I wrap them in cling wrap and place them in a freezer bag. I do nothing more to revive them but place them on the counter to thaw. I have been very happy with the results and it allows us to have "fresh" homemade bread throughout the week without the need of baking each time. Always love Bake with Jack's weekly videos here is Kansas!

[thowi]

Best for me:
1. Preheat oven to 150°C. I'm using a relatively low temp so it doesn't brown anymore.
2. Wet the frozen with water. Shake off any excess. That way the crust doesn't get too tough.
3. Bake at 150°C with fan for 11 min.
4. Profit.

[origami_canoe]

2:27 overnight defrost, leave it on the kitchen counter overnight
2:57 same, but after that, this time you pop it 10 minutes in the oven at 200°C.
3:42 straight out of the freezer into a non-preheated oven for 17 min. Oven reached 190°C

i'll write the fourth one later gtg to work haha

[terrancemccann]

Jack: great tip, especially the testing of ways to resurrect! When I make a batch of a dozen dinner roles I wrap them individually in cling wrap before placing them in a heavy duty bread bag which I close with an OXO Good Grips Bag Cinch (availalbe from Amazon) and popping into the freezer. This has worked well for me and I've never had a freezer burn issue.

Thanks for all the work you do in producing these informative and entertaining videos. By far the best series for the home bread baker.

Terry

[joyfulparadise]

Thanks for showing all 4 versions of heating up these rolls from freezer. Very helpful. It’s esp helpful when hosting a dinner party to have rolls already done, so one less thing to worry about.

[marthamckeon]

Thanks! You have solved my dilemma with having fresh bread on family night dinner and sending my kids home with "fresh" baked bread. Now we can have our bread and eat it too xo

[kayeshaver]

Thanks for this. I’ve often wondered how to bring rolls back to life after freezing and have tried the par bake method that you mentioned at the end. However, I am going to try method #3. Straight from the freezer into a cold oven set to 350 degrees for 17 minutes. The reason I think this will be best for me is because I already take my sourdough baked loaves, slice and freeze them the next day. I bring each slice ‘back to life’ in my toaster, first set on defrost, then toasted. The bread actually tastes better this way! In my opinion, of course, but most everyone who happens to be in my kitchen when the breads pops out of the toaster raves about how delicious it is. 😋

[pcamilos]

Thanks Jack. Would you consider recording a video about the best way of pre-baking and then finally baking fully right before eating, please?

[tonkaGuy]

Great advice to par-bake and freeze. I made two fully baked baguettes yesterday planning to freeze one and it would have been smart to pluck it out early and finish baking later. Thanks, Jack.

[em]

And this is why I'm a subscriber to your channel! This is exactly what I was looking for! Great information! I was just asking about this topic last week and BAM, here you are making a video about it! 👍🏼

[AmrMostafaY]

Hi Jack and everyone, I've been a subscriber and a fan for maybe a couple of months now and this is my first comment so I gotta lead with a big THANK YOU. I've enjoyed and benefited from your content and damn sure it upped my rather amateur bread baking skills. Really good stuff!

I've been making larger loaves mainly and I use the same technique here except that I slice it before I freeze it so I can take out the slices I need later on and leave the rest frozen. The problem is that heating a slice either loses me the crust (if I heat in microwave) or completely dries the crumb/inside (if I heat in an oven). I will definitely try making smaller loaves that could each fit into a single meal in the next batch!

[funfactsexplorer]

Hello I'm so happy I found your video! Love new tricks!

[MasterpeaceSage]

thank you for sharing your joy, your expertiese and most of all your mastery! I watching you and learning from you :-)
Liana

[robinturner]

My local Tesco has some extra large resealable freezer bags which are perfect for whole loaves. They are nicely thick so don't tear and can be reused more easily.

[inasmal]

BwJ you are one of my three favorite YouTube presenters.Thanks to you I have mastered baking bread. Can you please make a tutorial on how to make pizza dough.

[shirleylee]

Thank you for the wonderful tips every Thursday.