Food Storage Question
#248623 - 02/25/06 12:35 PM
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How do you freeze your bread and muffins? My freezer is kinda crazy and seems to overfreeze stuff, but I'm afraid to turn the temp down because it shows to be on normal setting. I just made some pumpkin chocolate chip muffins (24) and want to be able to freeze some of them. Also, what do you do to thaw them, microwave, refrigerator??
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For muffins, I let them cool after baking, and put them in a gallon ziplock bag, and pop the bag in the freezer. On weekdays, I put two frozen muffins in a sandwich size ziplock in my lunch bag, and they're thawed by the time I eat them. If I'm home and want one quick, 30-45 seconds in the microwave thaws them enough to eat (and makes them warm).
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Also --
#248635 - 02/25/06 01:59 PM
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Bevvy
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Ditto what Melissa said, but be sure to use a FREEZER Zip-Loc bag; they're supposed to keep out freezer burn better than the "regular" Zip-Loc storage bags.
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I do the same, except I also wrap each muffin in aluminum foil before I put it in the freezer bag. Probably unnecessary, but it's habit. 
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I haven't tried freezing muffins, but when I freeze fruit or veggie breads, I wrap them in waxed paper, then in aluminum foil, then put them in a plastic bag. My grandmother always did the double wrap, so I do, too. I reuse the plastic bags - I figure how dirty could they get when the bread is hermetically sealed? 
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I always throw muffins and breads into the cheapest plastic ziploc sandwich bags I can find, and I always keep them stored in the freezer door. The temp in the door is higher than the freezer proper so they seem to do better. I don't wrap them in anything else and I don't have problems with freezer burn. I usually eat everything within a month or so, though. I used to eat nothing but breads and muffins, so I went through this cycle a lot.
To thaw, I either just let them thaw at room temp or in the fridge. If I'm going to microwave them, I take them out of the plastic and wrap them in a paper towel. Microwaving in the baggie makes them soggy and, if you leave it too long, will sometimes fuse the plastic to the bread. Which is bad. Although, maybe Saran Wrap is safe for IBSers' consumption -- it probably doesn't have dairy or MSG, after all.
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LOL
#248727 - 02/26/06 10:10 AM
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Quote:
Although, maybe Saran Wrap is safe for IBSers' consumption -- it probably doesn't have dairy or MSG, after all.
No, but plastic has a lot of oil in it.
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