My wife and I were in the middle of cooking a dinner one day and we just couldn’t get the right amount of heat.
When yeast is added to baking, it helps to activate certain enzymes that help the yeast grow and multiply. They create a delicious, almost sweet aroma in the kitchen.
In my opinion, a teaspoon of yeast is not enough to activate a recipe. If you mix a packet of yeast in with a packet of honey, the yeast will die, because it’s basically just a dead yeast cell. This means you will need a packet of active yeast in order to create a delicious bread.
Yeast is actually a pretty important part of making bread. It is the “yeast fungus”, one of the first things you’ll get to during the baking process. It’s also pretty important in the making of bread because it helps prevent bread from drying out or becoming soggy. If you have a dry bread, yeast will not activate in your mixture and will just create a doughy texture.
In order for yeast to work, its going to need a bit of liquid in it, so you can get it going. If you have a can of water next to the oven, the yeast should come to a boil on its own and the water will help it along. The best way to get yeast working is to use it! It can be found at most health food stores.
Yeast is great for bread making, but it is not a must. Just use your regular yeast in place of the yeast you normally use.
Also, the yeast does not require a pH level of 1.0, so you can use less if you don’t have to.
Just like all yeast, it should be free of bacteria or other contamination. To clean, simply wipe it with a damp cloth.
Like most yeast, a good yeast is easy to clean and will not absorb flavors that you would like it to. The only exception to this is if you are brewing beer. Beer yeast is hard to clean, so you may want to use it in place of normal yeast in your recipes.
How many yeast you should use is up for debate. One of our testers was using just 1/2 tsp. and he was getting the same results as our testers. Others have reported using as much as 2-3 tsp per packet. It is something that all brewers should be able to agree upon.