March 18, 2017 - 5:03pm
Leaving uncooked rolled cinnamon buns in fridge overnight
Hello fellow baked goods enthusiasts. It is currently almost 8 PM. My sister and I just made some cinnamon buns. They have completed the rising process and are ready to be baked, but we've decided we'd prefer to bake them in the morning and enjoy them for breakfast. Is it OK to refrigerate them overnight and bake them in the morning, or will this spell disaster for our buns? Thank you in advance for your help.
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If they are fully proofed and ready to bake, I would bake them now. Refrigeration will slow the continued proofing, but it will take hours for the temperature of the dough to drop, and you may find that the rolls collapse when you bake them. I have made 'overnight' cinnamon buns many times, but they go into the refrigerator just after shaping, and rise overnight.
Best of luck with your rolls! There's almost nothing that smells quite as wonderful as baking cinnamon buns. Mmmm...
... with cling film or something else to prevent drying?
and bake them brown in the morning or warm them up in a hot oven.
Thanks for your replies!
After I bake the rolls tonight, should I put them back in the fridge with cling wrap them once they've cooled?
I do this all the time. But you should put them directly into the fridge right after cutting and shaping them. It slows down the proofing, so if you already proofed them they will not turn out right.
In reply to your last comment: yes, just keep them refrigerated and covered after letting them cool down
The cold temps in the fridge with stale them faster if you decide not to reheat. (Don't know how desperate you are to bite into the rolls.)
Cold refrigerator temps crystallise the gel in the crumb making them stiff, stale stiff. That is why only toasting bread should be stored in the refrigerator. The reheating in the toaster softens the gel inside the toasted bread slice while toasting the surface.
that breads stake at the fastest is 40 F fridge temp. I too would par bake them and leave them out covered after they cool and them finish browning them in the morning. You won't be able to tell the difference that way.