• magiccupcake@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Have you tried freezing it?

    Refrigerating baked goods accelerates staleness, but most baked goods freeze well.

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      4 months ago

      I’ve had bread in the freezer for months, I throw it straight in the toaster and it comes out like, well… normal ass toast.

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        4 months ago

        Good to know, I recently started getting bread from a local bakery but it doesn’t last, I’ll have to try freezing it next time

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          4 months ago

          Make sure you cut it first if it’s not sliced, it’s a lot easier to deal with before you freeze it

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      4 months ago

      Freeze it every time.

      If you’re anything less than a family of four, leaving bread at room temperature is just eating half a loaf of bread and then throwing away half a loaf of mouldy bread.

      Most supermarket bread has indeed already been frozen before you get it.

      I even freeze all the cakes from Costco, since they only seem to come in packs of about a thousand.

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      4 months ago

      Only exception for me is tortillas. I mean they technically freeze well, but they will also stick together which would make quite a thick burrito.

      My parents always freeze them and I always forget until I’m there trying to make a burrito and it tears in half.

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        4 months ago

        yup. tortillas go in the fridge so you can get individual ones easily. Staleness never really bothered me, but i do warm them up on the stove to improve malleability. And i like to get my burritos a little crispy on the outside to help seal the final fold. Now i want burritos…

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          4 months ago

          I freeze tortillas, one trick to using them after they thaw is rolling the whole package a couple of times both ways.

          Still have to be careful separating them, but it’s no worse than a package of tortilla that has sat underneath too much weight for too long.

          This trick also works with tortillas that sat underneath too much weight for too long

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        4 months ago

        Chuck them in the microwave or better yet put baking paper (which if i recall correctly you usians call wax paper or parchment paper) in between each tortilla before you freeze it to keep them seperate

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      4 months ago

      This is the way. It’s all I do.

      If I’m going to use the bread in the next couple days? I’ll keep it out. Otherwise, I put all my baked goods/bread in the freezer, and extra freezer I bought. Keeps for months. 6+ months if you’re lucky and willing to deal with it being overly dry.