It's alive!! No I'm not talking about Frankenstein, I'm talking about yeast! Here are some things you may not know about yeast:
-It uses warm water and sugar to create carbon dioxide. Thus the reason when you make bread, you mix these ingredients first. If your water is too hot you can kill the yeast and you'll end up with unleavened bread!
-The carbon dioxide given off by yeast creates bubbles or air pockets in the bread. When the dough gets too hot in your oven, the yeast dies off leaving spongy bread.
-Potatoes and eggs in bread dough accelerate the growth of yeast. Salt and fat slow growth down.
-You can freeze yeast and it will still rise when it is thawed.
There! Now go bake some bread!
-It uses warm water and sugar to create carbon dioxide. Thus the reason when you make bread, you mix these ingredients first. If your water is too hot you can kill the yeast and you'll end up with unleavened bread!
-The carbon dioxide given off by yeast creates bubbles or air pockets in the bread. When the dough gets too hot in your oven, the yeast dies off leaving spongy bread.
-Potatoes and eggs in bread dough accelerate the growth of yeast. Salt and fat slow growth down.
-You can freeze yeast and it will still rise when it is thawed.
There! Now go bake some bread!
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