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I find, with refrigerated dough, it takes about 1-1.5 hours to come to room temperature, and then you have to add the regular rising time (another hour or so).f course this probably depends on the amount of dough. I took a double batch of dough (over 8 cups flour) that I made Monday out of the fridge in stages yesterday-three hours apart. The first batch netted two loaves of bread and a pizza which we had for lunch.
She mentions that the dough can be kept in the fridge for up to 36 hours (but it needs to be put there immediately after mixing). I have gone for the full 36 hours once, with great results. I did keep it in the coldest part of the fridge (near the freezer wall, in the back of the fridge). It did take over 8 hours to ferment, once it came out.