I’ve been buying this really nice fresh bakery bread on occasion recently. It’s good, but I don’t go through it super quickly so it’s sitting around for like 4 days give or take. I’d like to keep it relatively fresh for as long as possible and I’m wondering the best way to do that? Right now I keep it in a zip loc bag just on the table which seems to work okay, but I’m wondering if there’s something else that would be better. I’m not too worried about it going stale so much as I am about it getting moldy - especially as we move into the summer months. It gets quite humid where I am. Again I don’t need to keep it fresh for like, weeks and weeks, but just for like 4 or 5 days, something like that.

  • FloridaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    11·
    4 months ago

    I’ve been baking bread at home for the last 5 years (I started before covid so shut up) and I slice then freeze it in a gallon ziplock bag. It keeps well for 2-4 weeks (probably longer) and I just toast what I want to eat

      • KuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        6·
        4 months ago

        No, you don’t need to let it thaw. There is no extra moisture introduced into the bread during the freezing process, and it doesn’t form icicles (unless the bread was wet when you put it in… which I’m guessing you didn’t). You can toast straight from the freezer

      • FloridaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Straight out of the freezer and into the toaster. I’m been freezing bread for years just because I rarely eat enough of it before it goes stale or moldy.

    • StillNoLeftLeft [none/use name, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Same. I put a piece of baking paper between the slices so they don’t freeze together, these can be reused many times over.

      Been making our own sourdough bread for about 7 years and it does keep very well on the counter too, but I prefer the freezer + straight to toaster-method, because it’s like eating totally fresh bread every time.