Fresh bread for breakfast!

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Does anyone bake their bread in the morning? I can't get my head around the timings if you leave it to rise in the fridge overnight. Would I have to get up ridiculously early?? (I use fresh yeast if that makes a difference). Thanks.

Following. I tried this once and it wasn't quiet right.

Get a breadmaker. Set it up the night before by throwing all the ingredients in and set it on a timer to cook in the night, wake up to fresh bread.

I don't do it as much as I used to, but waking up to the smell really is the best!
If you're going to use it regularly it's worth it. Mine also has dough settings for making pizza dough etc.

I used to have a bread maker but I didn't like the (non-existent) crust.

You can do it quite easily, but I usually do it on a weekend. Cold rise for 24hrs + in the fridge, but you need to pull it out to get to rise on the side for about 30-45mins before baking.

Depends on what time you need to leave really.

@Ostryga Thanks. Do you need to knock it back after taking it out of the fridge?

Different bread maker!

Mine has a decent crust on French dark setting (just an argos cook works one) no as good as oven baked but for morning use it's good

Use the no knead bread recipe....rise overnight then straight in the oven for 45 mins . But it's actually better for toast if you make it a day ahead . So easy !

I'm a fan of the overnight fridge prove, though this still takes around 1hr-1hr 30min to actually get the fresh bread!!

With most doughs I knock back, shape, and leave to prove for around 40 minutes, then into the oven. With things like cinnamon rolls I do pretty much the whole process the day before including shaping, then pop into the fridge overnight, the morning of I bring out, prove on the side, and then bake.

As a side note, this is a brilliant tip I picked up last year for proving things in colder months if you don't have a proving drawer or warm airing cupboard. Put the bread (covered with clingfilm) on the top shelf of oven, switch oven light on, and pour a kettle full of boiling water into an oven tray on a low shelf, shut the oven door. This creates a humid warm environment, perfect for proving. Of course you then have to remove to preheat the oven, but it works really well for me when I would otherwise really struggle.

Thanks everyone! That last tip is very useful @SummaLuvin as I don't have any warm place to prove!