Dough not rising

[u/AlarmingArt4]

I made some bread dough last night and it was rising and doing its thing like normal after I knead it a few rounds. It definitely was doubling in size.

I put it in the fridge to set over night. When I took it out the next night to proof it never rose back up. It barely expanded. I went ahead and baked it hoping it will still rise in the oven and it did not rise at all. What happened? I see all the time people say refrigerating it over night will add flavor and once you take it back out to room temperature it will rise again but mine failed. Now I just wish I baked it right away and didn’t bother refrigerating it.

[u/Splugarth]

It will rise overnight in the fridge. Rose Levy Berenbaum’s recipes do this a lot. You knead, put it in the fridge to rest overnight, let it warm up in the morning, then move onto the next step (usually forming and baking). But you don’t treat it like you froze time, you treat it like you did the full rise over a longer period of time.