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It should feel soft and supple, and your finger should leave an indent in the dough. If your bread doesn’t see enough proofing time, it won’t rise properly. You’ll wind up with a flat, dense ...
Deflate the dough by lifting it up and around the edges and letting it fall with a slap into the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator. Slap the dough down in the bowl every 30 minutes until it stops rising, about 2 hours, then leave the covered dough in the refrigerator to chill overnight.
To prevent the dough from drying, air flow in the dough retarder is kept to a minimum. Home bakers may use cloth or other cover for dough that is kept for a longer period in the refrigerator. Commercial bakers often retard dough at approximately 10 °C (50 °F), while home bakers typically use refrigerators set at about 4 °C (40 °F) or below.
When company stays overnight, I make this puff with sausage gravy as a hearty breakfast treat. It’s meaty, cheesy and delightful with a fresh fruit salad. —Danielle Cochran, Grayling, Michigan
The dough is allowed to rise, covered, for 12 to 18 hours until doubled in size and covered with bubbles, then scraped onto a floured surface, given a few folds, shaped, then allowed to rise, covered, for another hour or two. It is then dropped in a pot that has been preheated in an oven at 450 °F (232 °C).
The dough is placed in an oiled bowl and covered with a damp cloth to rise. After letting the dough rise at room temperature for an hour, it is refrigerated overnight to make the dough easier to mold later on. The dough is then proofed again at room temperature while the topping ingredients are mixed.
In one bowl, Garner adds 4 cups of all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons of yeast and 2 teaspoons of salt before whisking. She then folds in 2 cups of lukewarm water and forms the dough.
A soft dough is made with the maize flour and left to ferment overnight with a sourdough starter, shaped into round loaves, and then allowed to rise or "proof" for 30 minutes before being flattened into round disks and baked. These loaves can be kept for one to two weeks in an airtight container.