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Default Thawing, serving bread

On Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:07:22 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> "Polly Esther" > wrote:
>
>> We'll be having 'open house' Christmas Day. We don't invite anyone, it just
>> seems to happen that the survivors appear here. I have vast quantities of
>> ripe bananas and it crosses my mind that I could bake and freeze banana nut
>> bread. I'm thinking I could bake it 'not quite', cool and freeze it. Then,
>> thaw and finish baking. It also crosses my mind that I could wind up with a
>> dried out or soggy mess. Any special techniques in producing a thawed/baked
>> bread that is really good? Polly

>
>Your idea is pretty grim, I think. Why do you not want to simply bake
>and freeze the loaves? Wrap them well and they'll be fine. And if you
>wrapped them well and refrigerated them, they'll be fine, too. Half
>baked? Seems like a half-baked idea. Stick with baked and frozen.


'Zactly, the raw section in the center would not rebake properly, the
best to hope for is a hard center plug, plus by the time that occurs
the exterior would burn.