Hey moms & dads ! Happy early Thanksgiving ! I have been elected to bring my (if I say so myself - wonderful) homemade crescent rolls tomorrow for Thanksgiving. They taste so good but are a pain to make in the morning. I don't mind making them at all but I am wanting to try to not have to do everything tomorrow morning. We eat @ 1:00. How far in the recipe can I go the day ahead (today) ? This is a recipe that has yeast, water, flour, sugar, butter, eggs (I think), milk. After everything is mixed you let it rise. After it rises you divide the dough into 4 sections, roll out each section, cut into sections, and roll. After they are rolled and shaped, they rise again, then baked. At what point could I refrigerate the dough tonight and then finish it tomorrow ? I appreciate all your ideas ! If I have to I will just do it all tomorrow but I really wanted to sleep in a little bit LOL
No clue. Sorry!
God love you.
You've got way more ambition about rolls than I ever would.
Me? I'd hit a bakery today & snooze late tomorrow!
You can actually refrigerate at almost any step in the process. You can mix the dough, put it in an oiled bowl covered with plastic wrap and refrigerate - it will do the first rise in the fridge overnight, then you can cut and shape in the morning, proof (which will take longer because your dough was cold) and bake. Or you could roll and shape them today, refrigerate, and then just take them out of the fridge a few minutes before you're ready to bake - they'll be mostly risen from the overnight in the fridge and will finish proofing while they come to room temperature. Or you could do it all today and just warm them tomorrow to be safe.
I would do the first rise overnight in the refrigerator, then roll and shape in the morning. If it normally takes 2 hours for them to rise after being shaped, I'd give them an extra hour to rise. Enjoy!
I would get through roll and shape, then pop them in the fridge on baking trays. Tomorrow you can just pull out the trays, let rise, and bake.
all of it, just cook it tomorrow but let it sit out to room temp for a little while it'll be cold
You can shape them and then put them in the refrigerator to rise overnight. They will raise more in the oven. I've successfully done this many times.
Next time buy Rhodes rolls - they are raw dough rolls that you just let rise on your kitchen counter for a few hours and then all you do is bake them - everybody in my family loves them - one of the kids calls them "those yummy little rolls". T
