How To Freeze Sourdough Bread

Learn how to successfully freeze your sourdough bread to maintain taste and texture. Using this method, you'll always have a fresh loaf on hand!

Course Bread

Cuisine American

Keyword Sourdough Bread

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 0

Freezing Time 60

Total Time 60 10

Servings loaf

Calories 1232kcal

Make sure the sourdough bread has cooled fully before you wrap it for freezing. Ideally it should be allowed to cool for at least 6 hours before you wrap it for the freezer.
Wrap the cooled sourdough loaf in aluminium foil, ensuring that it's fully covered.
Place the wrapped sourdough bread into a large zip loc bag. Seal it tightly, removing as much air as possible. If you have a vacuum sealer, use the "seal only" function. Sucking all the air out of the bag will squash your sourdough bread. It might not recover when you open the bag.
Place your wrapped loaf of sourdough bread into the freezer. You can leave it in the freezer for up to 2 months with no loss of texture or taste. The sourdough bread will last longer than this in the freezer, however you may find that the taste and or texture is changed after being frozen for longer periods.

Make sure the sourdough bread has cooled fully before you slice it for freezing. Ideally it should be allowed to cool for at least 6 hours before you slice it for the freezer.
Once your bread has cooled completely, slice the whole loaf. You can find instructions on how to slice sourdough bread perfectly here.
Lay your slices onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Place the tray into the freezer for around 15 to 30 minutes (you just want the outside of the bread to freeze at this point).
Once the slices are "snap frozen" remove from the freezer and place into a ziploc bag or airtight plastic container. Place back into the freezer. Doing it this way, the slices will not stick together. Alternatively, you can place a piece of parchment paper between each slice.
You can leave the sliced sourdough in the freezer for up to 2 months with no loss of texture or taste. The sourdough bread will last longer than this in the freezer, however you may find that the taste and or texture is changed after being frozen for longer periods.
Frozen slices of sourdough are best suited to toasting. You can toast them from frozen.