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
Take 1 cup of flour, 2/3 cup of sugar, 3 tablespoons of salt; pour atop this 1 pint of boiling water; let it cool, then add 1 cup of hop yeast. After this gets light, take 3 quarts of mashed boiled potatoes, and 3 quarts of lukewarm water and add to the other. It will be ready for use the next day. The 1 quart of this yeast and 1 quart of lukewarm water will make 6 loaves of bread. With this yeast, bread will rise in 3 hours and the bread can be baked the same day, which is quite an advantage.
Submitted by Nov 24, 2009
16 min 180 min 196 min
16 min 180 min 196 min