Overnight rise for enriched bread dough ?

[shakti2]

Wonder if anyone has any experience with a long slow rise, in or out of the fridge, for an enriched challah-style bread dough ? I put my usual flour-yeast-salt doughs in the fridge for days until I'm ready to bake and they seem unharmed/ all the better, but does it work for doughs with eggs-sugar-fat ?

[sandylc]

Brioche dough is usually chilled for up to a day before shaping and it is sort of the queen of enriched dough!

[PattiCakes]

I have a recipe from Health ABin5M/D for a soft whole wheat bread using oil/butter, eggs and honey. It's actually better if the dough sits in the fridge at least overnight. I wish I could tell you if it's good after several days, but it never makes it that long -- I can't seem to make it fast enough for DH & me and for my daughter's family!

I do use King Arthur Flour's whole grain bread improver so maybe that helps with the rise?

[shakti2]

Thanks everyone !

[magiesmom]

I have done challah over one night, whcih works well, but never longer.

[willownt]

I have done this with a sweet dough with eggs and fat (not milk) in the frig for a couple days, and it worked very well.

[bcc]

Overnight in the refrigerator certainly works. I have no experience with more than one night.