Hope you can help me... I am going to make the dough tonight (12/23), and then shape in the morning (i.e. Christmas Eve morning). I want to serve them Christmas morning. So do I go ahead and proof after shaping, then freeze them for a few hours, then take them out Christmas Eve night to bake Christmas morning? Or should I shape Christmas Eve night and let them proof in the fridge overnight and bake Christmas morning (I think I read somewhere that one can do that)? I'm confused - I hope someone at KAF is checking the comments Christmas eve morning so I can find out! Thanks in advance. Alison, I'd refrigerate the dough, unshaped, tonight. Let it rise once, then put in the fridge. Tomorrow, shape the dough in the afternoon sometime, let it rise about halfway (maybe 30-40 minutes or so), then cover, and refrigerate overnight. Bake Christmas morning; it shold have risen more in the fridge overnight, and be ready to go. Good luck - PJH

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