Storing pizza dough?

[blackmons]

I would like to make some pizza dough in my bread machine and store it for later use, either refrigerating it or freezing it. It rises twice in my machine. What would be the best way to do this?
Thanks!
Laurie

[wayne keyser]

Forget the bread machine - just do a quick "no-knead" or "bread in 5 minutes" dough in a bowl and refrigerate at least overnight. You should be able to remove a portion and use, but keep the remainder for several days.

[blackmons]

Thanks for all the advice. I think I'm going to do an experiment tonight -- freeze half and refrigerate half.
Laurie

[Kelli2006]

You can store pizza dough for a week in a Rubbermaid container the fridge and for a month in the freezer if it is well wrapped and bagged. It would be preferable if you can pull it from the machine after the first rise.

[janehathaway]

I always make a double batch of dough (which makes enough dough for a total of 4 pizzas). I use one portion of dough immediately and wrap the 3 other portions separately and freeze them. It works very well.

[chowser]

I would use less yeast, as little as 1/4 tsp, if you are going to do a long rise in the refrigerator. There are different ways to do it. The easiest is you could do the first rise in the bread machine, put it in the refrigerator for the second rise until you want to use it and then let it come to room temperature before baking. Make sure to oil the bowl and plastic wrap well so the plastic wrap comes off easily w/out tearing the dough.

[Zeldog]

You could also split off the portion you want to save after the first rise and put it in the fridge and let it do a very slow second rise (aka retard) of 24-48 hours, depending on how much yeast you use.

[karykat]

You can store pizza dough in the fridge for a couple days and in the freezer. I've done both with good results. It's nice to have dough in the freezer to use when you need it.