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

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 Doughnuts
1 cup milk 1 yeast cake 5 cup flour 2 eggs 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup melted butter 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon mace
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
Bread Made with Dry Yeast
2 quarts flour 2 1/2 cups warm water 2 Tbsp lard or butter 1 yeast cake 1 Tbsp sugar 1 tsp salt
Graham Biscuits with Yeast
1 pint water or milk 1 large Tbsp butter 2 Tbsps sugar 1/2 cup yeast Pinch of salt Wheat flour/Graham flour
Buckwheat Cake (without yeast)
2 cups buckwheat flour 1 cup wheat flour Pinch of salt 3 tsps baking powder
Potato Yeast
5-8 potatoes Small handful of hops 2 quarts of water 1 pint bowlful of flour Salt
Yeast No. 2 | 3 quarts of water
3 quarts of water 3 handful of hops 1 handful of salt 1 quart of wheat flour 1 pint of yeast
Waffles without Yeast
3 eggs, beaten separately 1 pint milk 1 tsp butter Flour
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

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