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What's the best way to perserve bread?
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Homemade bread: 2-3 days in a paper bag on the counter, or slice and freeze. Generic bread: Usually freeze and then toast a couple slices at a time, refrigerate if we're using it faster, didn't care about ideal taste/texture as much.
Do you always slice the bread before you freeze a bread? I usually freeze the whole or half the bread. Just wondering if there is another reason for freezing it that way other than being able to take out the exact amount of slices you want.
Slice and freeze helps reduce moisture, and makes it less gummy.
If you freeze the slices on a sheet first, then bag it, they seem to dry out a little more, reducing the gumminess (and freezer burn).
How do you thaw/use a half loaf? I think a frozen slice toasts very well, which is why do that.
I usually just let the whole thing thaw and then use it as normal bread.. Probably not a good habit. I'll try slicing up front instead ๐