How to make bread dough ahead of time?

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How to make bread dough ahead of time?

Now that my cottage-food operation is doing well at one farmer's market and I'm about to expand to a second market, it just won't be possible to do enough loaves of bread with all the mixing, kneading, rising and baking  all in one day.

What should I do to make and portion the doughs ahead of time and refrigerate them so that I'll only need to do the actual baking on the final day necessary? 

Although the refrigeration will slow down the fermentation, is there anything that must be done to avoid over proofing if I make the doughs several days in advance? 

Thanks!