Yeast Recipes

Professional bakers often use fresh compressed cake yeast which is more predictable and easy to dissolve
Rapid-rise yeast has a different baking behavior from other types of yeast and will have a flavor that is more bland and texture that is more simple
Active dry yeast and instant yeast can be used interchangably
Test your yeast before baking: Add to a small cup of warm water and then add a Tbsp of sugar - If it foams, it's ready
Yeast and the leavening process create the air pockets and sponge-like texture in bread
Yeast activates the fermentation process, turning carbohydrates into gas (carbon dioxide) and alcohol
Yeast is a single tiny cell nearly the same size as a human red blood cell
Yeast is a type of fungus in the same family as the mushroom

Yeast Rusks
1/2 pint sweet milk 1 teacup yeast or 1 compressed yeast cake 2 eggs 1 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon soda A little nutmeg
Three Hour Yeast
1 cup of flour 2/3 cup of sugar 3 tablespoons of salt 1 pint of boiling water 1 cup of hop yeast 3 quarts of mashed boiled potatoes 3 quarts of warm water
Homemade Yeast
6 large potatoes 3 pints water Handful of hops 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 Tbsp ginger 2 Tbsps salt 4 ounces yeast
Rusks with Yeast
1/2 pint warm milk 1/2 cake compressed yeast or 3 Tbsps homemade yeast 3 eggs, well-beaten 1 cup sugar 1 tsp salt Flour
Yeast Bread
2 quarts of sour milk, (butter-milk preferred) Whey 1 cake of good yeast 2 tablespoons of sugar 1 tablespoon of salt (scant) Lard the size of a walnut Flour
Yeast Coffee Cake
2 cups milk 1 cake yeast 3 1/2-4 cups flour 1/2 cup butter, melted 1/2 cup sugar Grated rind of 1/2 lemon 3 eggs, slightly beaten Icing Mix: 1/2 cup cream 2 egg yolks 1/4 cup sugar 2 well-
Yeast
6 pared potatoes 1/4 cup hops 2 quarts water 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup salt 1 cup yeast, or 1 yeast cake
Unrivaled Yeast
2 ounces hops 1/2 cup salt 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 quart flour 6 medium-sized potatoes
Yeast | 12 large potatoes, boiled & finely mashed
12 large potatoes, boiled & finely mashed 4 ounces brown sugar 4 ounces salt 1 gallon hop tea 1 pint yeast
Rye Bread with Yeast
2 cakes yeast 1 quart lukewarm water 11 cups rye flour 2 tablespoons salt 1 teaspoon caraway seeds, if desired

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