I have read in several different places that you should not freeze bread in its original bag. A reason was never given. Does anyone know the reason? Thank you.
By it's.only.me from northeast PA
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Freezing bread in just its original bag can cause the bread to dry out as the bag is not air tight. I take my bread out of the bag, wrap the whole loaf in plastic wrap as tightly as I can without squashing the bread, put it back into the original bag, and close it with the twist tie. I have never had a problem freezing bread this way. When it is thawed, it always is as fresh as the day I purchased it. Hope this helps.
I heard in the past it was because of the dye on the package (wording). But also the plastic is not freezer "ready" as Moseley3 says.
Some I freeze in the original bag, some I do not. If I am going to be using it soon I have left it in the bag. If not, I take the bread out and wrap 2 pieces, or one bun, and wrap them in plastic wrap then put them back. DH and I do OAM shopping, we stock up with bread at the bread store and this is what has worked for us.
I do exactly what moseley 3 does so those ice crystals don't form inside the bag and make the bread very dry in one area of mushy wet in another when it thaws out.
I freeze bread all the time and keep it in the original bag and wrap the plastic wrap tightly around the outside and it works well too.
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