Category "yeast"

Will yeast activate with equal

I would like to use my artificial sweetener Equal to make yeast rolls. Will the yeast activate? I've never tried anything like this before. I would like to know

What would cause dough not to rise while making no-knead bread?

I have made both the classic and the speedy version of the no-knead bread recipe provided by Mark Bittman in the New York Times. The one change I make is that I

Over-resting waffle dough

I'm planning on making belgian waffles as a dessert but I want to prepare the dough in advance. Most recipes use yeast and require the dough to raise between

What are the conversion rates between yeasts: cake yeast(compressed yeast), dry active, instant, and yeast flakes.

What are the conversion rates between yeasts: cake yeast(compressed yeast), dry active, instant, and yeast flakes. Preferably in grams please.

I recently tried to make sourdough with my starter, it didn't rise. Why is there still a crumb?

I started and cared for my first sourdough starter for 6 days, had a decently active starter. It would rise noticeably, maybe 1.3x after feeding. I made a basi

How frequently should I feed my sourdough starter?

I am growing my first sourdough starter. It is a week old, but it isn't very active. My concern is that I might be feeding it too frequently or too infrequently

What is the best water to use for yeast being used in bread making?

I'm just starting back on the road to bread making, and I have been wondering about the water that I am using, and how it will affect the yeast. Do I just use

My overnight sour dough went slack, could my 'starter' have eaten too much gluten?

Was reading this question and reply, and wondering if it may pertain to my last night's effort for a good 'artisan' style sourdough loaf today: How does a sourd

My yeast looks lke brown water

I am making bread and my yeast is not foaming. I am using water at 110 F and my yeast is good - I recently used it a couple of days ago, and it worked fine. Thi

Alternatives to using yeast In baking [duplicate]

Making cinnamon buns and recipe calls for dry yeast, I don't have any yeast and was hoping someone has encountered same issue. Any suggestion

Is there such thing as "active dry sourdough-variety yeast"?

Apologies in advance if this is a stupid question, or if it doesn't sound coherent, but: Is it possible to buy sourdough yeast, ready to use? You can easily f

Does commercial bread use baking powder?

My understanding of baking powder is that it supposed to be a chemical alternative to yeast, allowing a baker to leaven bread more cheaply and faster than yeast

Can I compensate for non-working yeast with baking powder in bread?

I am used to baking with fresh yeast like this: Where I live now I can't buy this, so I have to make do with this: In accordance with the instructions I u

Yeast Nutritional Values

Like most food products yeasts are labeled with nutritional values for calories, carbs, etc. When yeast is 'activated' it is said to be 'reproducing' (or making

Pizza dough didn't rise, maybe yeast cells were killed off

I made a pizza dough and I left it to rise until doubled in bulk. However, it didn't rise at all. After reading here I can just guess that I killed the yeast ce

Making Sour Dough from Starter

I've been working on a starter and feeding it daily for a while now and it really seems active, smells yeasty vinegary and generates plenty of bubbles. I am t

Freeze drying Yeast

I have made and nurtured natural yeast for baking in the past. Problem is if you don't bake on a regular basis, the cost and effort of maintaining your live yea

What quantity of baking powder satisfies a mass of size x?

I have always had a question when it comes to "how many grams of baking powder to use for that amount of cake I made." I would like to understand if there is an

Active dry yeast vs. instant yeast

Are there differences in the different types of yeasts? Does one yield slightly differently? I know many people say that they can be used interchangeably but

Can I successfully bake previously-frozen bread dough?

I prefer my bread freshly baked (who doesn't?), but my mixer prefers kneading two loaves at a time to just kneading one. I have tried to freeze the second loaf