How to Make Dough Rise Faster

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Preheat your oven to the temperature you'll be baking the bread at.. Rinse a kitchen towel under some warm water until it's damp.. Lay the damp towel over the dough.

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1

Preheat your oven to the temperature you'll be baking the bread at.

Step 1

Preheat your oven to the temperature you'll be baking the bread at.

2

Rinse a kitchen towel under some warm water until it's damp.

Step 2

Rinse a kitchen towel under some warm water until it's damp.

3

Lay the damp towel over the dough.

Step 3

Lay the damp towel over the dough.

4

Place the covered dough near, but not on, the preheated oven.

Step 4

Place the covered dough near, but not on, the preheated oven.

5

Let the dough rise until it's doubled in size.

Step 5

Let the dough rise until it's doubled in size.

6

Fill a microwave-safe glass with 1 cup (0.24 liters) of water.

Step 6

Fill a microwave-safe glass with 1 cup (0.24 liters) of water.

7

Microwave the glass of water on high for two minutes.

Step 7

Microwave the glass of water on high for two minutes.

8

Place the dough you'll be baking in a bowl.

Step 8

Place the dough you'll be baking in a bowl.

9

Set the bowl of dough in the microwave and shut the door.

Step 9

Set the bowl of dough in the microwave and shut the door.

10

Let the dough rise for around 30 to 45 minutes.

Step 10

Let the dough rise for around 30 to 45 minutes.

11

Reheat the water if the dough doesn't rise all the way.

Step 11

Reheat the water if the dough doesn't rise all the way.

12

Preheat your oven to the lowest temperature setting for two minutes.

Step 12

Preheat your oven to the lowest temperature setting for two minutes.

13

Fill an oven-safe glass bowl with the boiling water.

Step 13

Fill an oven-safe glass bowl with the boiling water.

14

Place the bowl of boiling water in the oven and shut the door.

Step 14

Place the bowl of boiling water in the oven and shut the door.

15

Put the dough in an oven-safe pan and set it in the oven.

Step 15

Put the dough in an oven-safe pan and set it in the oven.

16

Leave the dough in the oven until it's doubled in size.

Step 16

Leave the dough in the oven until it's doubled in size.

17

Get rapid-rise yeast packets.

Step 17

Get rapid-rise yeast packets.

18

Mix a packet of rapid-rise yeast in with the dry dough ingredients.

Step 18

Mix a packet of rapid-rise yeast in with the dry dough ingredients.

19

Skip the first rise and shape the dough after kneading.

Step 19

Skip the first rise and shape the dough after kneading.

20

Let the dough rise once before baking.

Step 20

Let the dough rise once before baking.

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