How to Proof Dough in your Instant Pot
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If you have a yogurt function on your Instant Pot you can use your IP to proof dough (raise dough) faster. It works so well. All you do is oil the pot so that the dough doesn’t stick. Place the dough in the bottom of your pot. Then select the yogurt button. Use the adjust button to cycle through until the light is on the “less.” My pot says 24 hours on the display. Then cover the pot with a glass lid or a plate. DO NOT use the normal Instant Pot lid. If you do the dough might raise so high that it pushes the valve up and indicates to the pot that there is pressure. You won’t be able to open the pot and the lid will be stuck. Let the dough double in size (or follow the instructions in your recipe). My dough only took 30 minutes to raise as opposed to the normal hour it would have taken sitting on the counter.
Jill’s Rosemary Bread Recipe:
1 Tbsp yeast
1 Tbsp sugar
1 cup warm water
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp dried rosemary
1 Tbsp butter
Dissolve yeast, sugar and water in mixer. Add butter, salt and 2 cups flour and mix. Add rosemary and the rest of the flour. Mix 5 minutes. Let rise for 1 hour on counter or 30 minutes in Instant Pot (using the yogurt setting). Split in half and form into loaf shape and place on a cookie sheet. Let rise for 30 minutes on the counter. Then bake at 375 degrees F for 15-20 minutes. Slice and serve with butter.
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I have the Insignia brand pressure cooker and it doesn't have a yogurt button or steam button. How can I proof bread?
Hi Karen, Ok I've been baking bread for nigh on 50 years and the time it takes for proofing is just a pain! I bought an instant pot about a year ago and have been using it for the most about every other day – and love it! However I thought to 'google' can the instant pot be used to proof bread dough – and hit upon your 'you tube' site. It was a revelation! Not only did the dough rise in half the time, it was also so much bigger in bulk. I was hooked! I then read through your recipe on hard boiling eggs – another revelation – I did the 2/10/ whatever recipe. I have never tasted a hard boiled egg like it, the yolk was so creamy with the whole egg cooked to perfection. You my dear are a hero. I shall be following your recipes from now on. I only wish the instant pot and you were around in the 1970's when I was a firefighter in London, we could have eaten so well when we were on duty. David Oldale
Thank you for sharing this tip. Although I'm not a fan of speeding up the process of proofing/rising my dough, it's great to have options for those that really don't have the time to wait. But if you do have the time and patience, I HIGHLY suggest you allow the dough to rise slowly as this truly helps enhance the flavor of your bread. It's so much more rewarding without cutting corners in dough proofing. But I do get that alot of people are pressed for time and really want to have homemade bread, so thanks for the good tip. 😉
can you do this with one that doesn't have the yogurt function?
Rising of the dough
I don’t like the hour it takes to wait for bread to rise. Need to try this. Cheaper than a rising box too.
Thanks, it looks like Macaroni Grill bread! it looks delicious , so how long do you have to leave it inside to rise?
Came over from a recommendation from Six sisters. Great bread recipes! Prayers to you and your husband 🙏🏼
Sounds great!!! I hate that rising time too!! You and your family will be in our prayers!
Thank you I came over from Six Sister!
Love it for raising dough!❤
Great idea! How large of dough…as in how many cups of flour would be OK in a 6 qt IP? Especially interested in Bosch whole wheat bread recipes.
What a great idea!
Could I use milk or buttermilk instead of water? Also, I love rosemary and olive oil, could I use olive oil instead of butter? I will try your recipe as is, but I wondered if you tried variations. I grow a lot of rosemary, dry it and powder it for cooking. Thanks!
No, it does not have a yogurt setting.
Don’t have an Instant Pot. What settings do I use with my Ninja Foodi? Or am I out of luck?
I think I'm missing something. I don't see the recipe post.
I bake bread all the time. Haven't bought store bought bread in years. But have never used the yogurt button. But where is the recipe for the rosemary bread?
What if you don’t have the yogurt making capability on your instant pot?
Karen, does the flour used in the IP have to be 'bread flour?' Thanks! You are a God-send to newbies! : )
Speeding up the rise for bread can actually be undesirable because even when using active dry yeast there is fermentation going on which highlights the flavor of the grain and improves the tastse. The ideal temperature for proofing is 78-90 degrees, where as the yogurt setting is around 106-113 degrees.
If you don't have any dried rosemary, could you substitute it with thyme? I have dried thyme. Or dill weed maybe. Any other spices that might work? And can you use instant active yeast?
Thank you for posting!! How do you do that without oil?
Ty! I love my instant pot, now I can add to my list of its many uses 😊
Thank you. I like to make the no knead bread but waiting for it to rise… I definitely will try this. I want to thank you for all your help and suggestions for using the Instant pot. I'm not sure I would have used it as much.
Very cool idea!!