Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-14
Home Freezing
Bakery Products
Breads

After baking cool and wrap for
freezing Immediately in order
to retain fresh flavor. To thaw
place in 300 degrees F. electric
oven for 80 minutes in the
wrapping paper. Bread takes
about l hour to defrost at
room temperature. If frozen
before baking, shape and allow
to rise to double in bulk, freeze;
and bake immediately when
ready to use. These will be
tougher than prebaked rolls or
bread. Bread will store IL
months.
2. Baking powder biscuits
can be baked and then frozen
and later defrosted in freezer
paper in 300 degrees F. cleo
trio oven for Is to 20 minutes.
Store only l to 4 weeks. Bis
cults can be frozen before bak-
ing = separate biscuits with
pieces of freezer paper and
wrap in a roll. Bake without
defrosting until golden brown.
Biscuit mix that is frozen can
have the milk added without
being defrosted. Grated cheese
can be added to biscuits.
3. Bakers bread can be,
frozen in the original waxed
paper or cellophane wrapper
in which it was purchased if
it is not kept over two weeks
Rolls, coffee cake or nearly
any other baked goods can be
frozen right in the cardboard
box in which they were sold
Tor a two-week period or less.
4. Brown n serve bakery
products may be stored for
three weeks in a refrigerator:
and three months in a freezer
in their original wrappers.
They may be kept indefinitely
II over-wrapped and tightly
sealed according to the Ameri-
can Institute of Baking.
Cakes
l. Batter for butter cakes
can be stored in moisture
vapor proof cartons for about
two weeks. Defrost at room
temperature for IL hours
then pour into creased pan and
bake according to the recipe.
The cake is good but has lost
some of its volume.
2. Cakes = either butter or
sponge-that are baked before
freezing retain the "oven-
fresh" flavor for about 8 to 4
weeks. Defrost at room tenn
perature for to ~ hours, but
keep tightly wrapped. Freeze
in quantities needed for one
meal because they dry out
faster after freezing. If frosted
before freezing use an I'M
cooked icing.
Cookies
l. Baked Cookies-cool be-
fore wrapping for freezer. Will
store up to 6 months. Thaw at
room temperature or in the
preheated electric oven.
2. UAbaked cookies-store in
the home freezer for about 3
months. Rolled cookies can be
cut out and stacked with paper
between the layers. Bake with
out thawing. Drop cookies can
be shaped on cookie sheet.
frozen and then packed into
box for storage. Bake without
thawing. Rolls of refrigerator
cookies can be sliced without
defrosting and baked imme-
diately.
Pies
Fruit pies freeze equally well
either baked or unbaked. They
can be stored for about 4
months. A ring of cardboard
cut taller than the edge of pie
and placed around pie before
wrapping will give protection
during storage.
/. Baked pies should be
packaged Immediately after
cooling and then frozen. To
defroSt place directly in $50
degrees F. electric oven for 80
to 40 minutes.
2. For unbaked pies with
double crust do not cut
steam vents in top crust until
ready to bake pie. Double
crust is better than lattice top.
When ready to use, place
frozen pie in preheated oven
and bake at usual tempera-
ture allowing about Is to 20
minutes extra baking time.
8. Fruit-filled and mince-
meat pies can be frozen
equally well either baked or
unbaked.
4. Pumpkin pie is best If
baked after freezing. Bake
without thawing. allowing 10
to is minutes longer.
5. Chiffon pie filling should
be poured into baked pastry
shell, then chilled in the cleo
trio refrigerator before freez-
ing. To defrost allow to stand
in the refrigerator for 4 to a