How to Rise Yeast Dough in a Cool or Drafty Kitchen

puppitypup's Note:

This works great all year round!

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 batch d ...

• 1 cup warm water
• yeast bread dough

Directions:

1. Make your dough, put in a greased bowl and flip, to coat both sides. Cover dough with a clean damp dish cloth.
2. Fill a large glass measuring cup half way with water. Heat in microwave until water just comes to a boil and steams up the microwave.
3. Quickly open the door and put the dough bowl in with the water. Close the door before all the steam escapes.

Reviews

[Gardenwife]

I do this, too, only I put my bowl in my regular oven with a cup of very hot water. I also leave the oven's light on, which generates just a little heat. Works like a charm! If I have food in the oven and can't use it, I've also put my covered bowl on top of a heating pad set on its lowest setting.

[Roxanne J.R.]

I've used this method since I first found it a couple months back. I live in a tropical climate but this works extremely well on those long, slightly chilly, rainy days. But I have come to like this method so much I use it on sunny days too. Thanks for sharing this technique. Works very well!

[farmchick #2]

This works well...though mom did it in the stove, and it was both a cool and drafty kitchen (Wisconsin, and the house had never been introduced to insulation until I was in Jr. High). This even worked when the wind blew out of the north or south and the house was 55 and at times a bit colder.