overrise

English

Etymology

over- + rise

Verb

overrise (third-person singular simple present overrises, present participle overrising, simple past overrose, past participle overrisen)

  1. (of dough, transitive, intransitive) To rise excessively.
    • 1999, Anne Byrn, The Cake Mix Doctor, Workman Publishing (1999), →ISBN, page 14:
      In high-altitude baking, you don't want as tender a cake because it will overrise, so be wary of cakes with a lot of added sugar and oil.
    • 2004, Eric Treuille & Ursula Ferrigno, Bread: Artisan Breads from Baguettes and Bagels to Focaccia and Brioche, Dorling Kindersley (2004), →ISBN, page 114:
      Be careful not to overrise the dough—it might collapse upon being places in a hot oven; []
    • 2011, Michael Ruhlman, Ruhlman's Twenty: 20 Techniques, 200 Recipes, A Cook's Manifesto, Chronicle Books (2001), →ISBN, 152:
      The second rise is what gives the dough its final structure. It's especially important not to let the dough overrise, or your bread may be flat and dense.
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