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Storing Bread and Baked Foods April2020

This document provides information on safely storing various breads and baked goods. It states that bread and baked products can be stored on the counter or in the pantry for 2-3 weeks, or indefinitely in the freezer, though quality may suffer after 2-3 months. It recommends using air-tight containers to prevent staleness, and notes that cream-filled pastries and custard pies need refrigeration due to their higher moisture content. The document also indicates that homemade baked goods have a shorter shelf life than store-bought due to a lack of preservatives, and that unbaked dough can be refrigerated for 3-4 days or frozen for 1 month.

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Storing Bread and Baked Foods April2020

This document provides information on safely storing various breads and baked goods. It states that bread and baked products can be stored on the counter or in the pantry for 2-3 weeks, or indefinitely in the freezer, though quality may suffer after 2-3 months. It recommends using air-tight containers to prevent staleness, and notes that cream-filled pastries and custard pies need refrigeration due to their higher moisture content. The document also indicates that homemade baked goods have a shorter shelf life than store-bought due to a lack of preservatives, and that unbaked dough can be refrigerated for 3-4 days or frozen for 1 month.

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Home Food Preservation

Storing Bread and Baked Products


Bread and baked products such as muffins, bagels, quick breads, waffles, pastries, cakes and
cookies are safely stored on the counter or in the pantry. Storing in the refrigerator can increase
shelf-life by 2-3 weeks by reducing spoilage issues such as mold growth. All of these baked goods
can be safely frozen indefinitely, but will start to suffer quality issues such as changes to flavor and
texture if held frozen for longer than 2-3 months (cookies 6-12 months).

Packaging for Better Storage Cream-filled Pastries/Custard Pies

• Excluding oxygen will help prevent bread


and baked products from becoming stale
• The original wrapping may not be adequate
for longer storage
• Store bread and baked products in air-tight
containers; you can also wrap tightly with
aluminum foil or place in food storage bags • The low moisture and high sugar content
squeezing out as much oxygen as possible of most baked goods make them safe for
• It is a good idea to add a label with the counter or pantry storage
date • Baked products such as cream-filled
pastries and some custard pies with a
higher moisture content need to be stored
in the refrigerator for safety
Homemade • These products can be safely frozen but
may suffer quality issues such as
• Homemade breads and baked goods may sogginess or separation
be more prone to spoilage because they
lack the preservatives often found in
commercially made baked products Unbaked Bread and Rolls
• If not being completely consumed within 1
- 2 days wrap homemade baked products • Unbaked bread and rolls can be stored in
tightly and store in the refrigerator or the refrigerator for 3 - 4 days or in the
freeze freezer for 1 month
• Longer storage inactivates yeast and
weakens the gluten, bread may not rise
properly

For more information contact ncsafeplates@ncsu.edu

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