# Can you freeze sliced bread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317 "2011-08-11T07:55:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/21 "2011-08-12T02:48:42Z")
It looks like I have fallen behind on the times and esp toaster “freezer” buttons. ~goes back to watching rerun of The Brady Bunch~ ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/22 "2011-08-12T03:24:47Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > I’ve seen toasters with frozen buttons in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. My toaster has a ‘frozen bread’ setting. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/23 "2011-08-12T03:34:31Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Is this white bread? I mean as opposed to the whole wheat stuff with twigs and tree branches suspended in it? I think that makes a big difference, the white bread has a much finer texture. Maybe white bread is the worst, but wheat doesn’t seem to be immune. English muffins do OK, but perhaps I don’t leave them in the freezer as long. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/24 "2011-08-12T04:42:49Z")
You’re right about the potatoes. Potatoes & beans don’t freeze. Guess that’s why they used to have dry cellars (basements) & canned. But bread will freeze all day long (j/k, for months.) Also rice (but add water to it after it’s thawed & before you put it in the microwave.) Buying bread in bulk at the day-old store! My sista! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/25 "2011-08-12T06:40:31Z")
Do it all the time, right in the wrapper, especially when I have half a loaf of wheat and am going to use rye for lunch that week. Never a problem. Sliced bread mostly defrosts pretty quickly also. Hint - we store the heels and and slices too smushed up for sandwiches in the freezer in bags, and pull them out to use for stuffing. The stuffing is especially good when you have a nice variety of breads in it. Not all types work though - I think sourdough is a bit sweet for good stuffing. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/26 "2011-08-12T13:44:22Z")
Another vote for double wrapping. The store bags are just too thin. Put another bag around it. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/27 "2011-08-12T16:50:26Z")
My nineteen fifty-something Sunbeam self-lowering toaster doesn’t have a frozen button, and it toasts frozen bread just fine without any adjustments. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/28 "2011-08-12T18:00:05Z")
We buy bread a couple of loaves at a time and store the extras in the freezer and the current one in the fridge. Never had anything weird happen. It lasts forever that way, too. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/29 "2011-08-12T19:06:50Z")
Plain old white bread does fine in my freezer, but I do not freeze hamburger and hotdog buns. It does something funky to the texture and makes them taste funny. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/30 "2011-08-13T01:20:45Z")
You don’t really need to do anything to thaw frozen sliced bread. Just set a couple of slices out on the cutting board and they’ll thaw just fine within minutes. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/31 "2011-08-13T02:51:33Z")
Actually, when a loaf of bread is taken out of the freezer it thaws rapidly. And there is a perfect window of about 12-16 hours after pulling it out when it has a great soft texture reminiscent of just baked bread. Of course after that it goes downhill, and is noticeably worse and drier than never frozen. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317/32 "2011-08-13T03:31:15Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > My nineteen fifty-something Sunbeam self-lowering toaster doesn’t have a frozen button, and it toasts frozen bread just fine without any adjustments. Same with the toaster I got at Wal-Mart for five dollars in 2004. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-freeze-sliced-bread/592317.md?page=1)