"alzelt" > wrote in message
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> Jonathan Kandell wrote:
> > I hate covering bread when it rises. I hate greasing the plastic and
> > towels seem to stick and weigh the dough down. I've been leaving the
> > bread to rise "bare" uncovered and it appears to work just as well--
> > I've misted it a few times during the hour out of fear, but I'm not
> > sure that's necessary. The bread forms a skin, but that doesn't seem
> > to hinder the rise, and even helps with slashing. I was wondering,
> > does anyone else raise your bread uncovered?
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> Why don't you just use a bigger bowl, and cover it? Then it won't stick
> to plastic or get a skin on it. As a result, I have no need to oil the
> plastic.
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> Alan

That's fine for the first rise or two. I believe that the OP may have been
referring to the final rise after the product has been formed. I don't like
to use towels and I have had a number of incidents where plastic wrap has
become hopelessly stuck to the loaves.