Fresh yeast

We take some of the mystery out of baking with yeast by explaining how yeast works, why it's essential, and how to use different types of yeast.

Everything you need to know about active dry, instant, and fresh yeast - how to use, how to store, how to substitute, and more!

Exploring vintage cookbooks can be great fun for cooks and bakers, though adapting to outdated techniques and now-rare ingredients can make it challenging. For example, many cookbooks dating from the first half of the 20th century call for yeast in cake form, which is now relatively rare and not stocked in all stores.

Personally, I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like the smell of freshly baked bread, especially when the warm, yeasty fragrance greets them in their own home. But as much as most people would like to pull a loaf of hot, homemade bread out of their own oven week after week (and don’t even get us started on our unfulfilled dreams of homemade cinnamon rolls every Sunday), many people are nervous—if not completely fearful—about baking with yeast.Which type and how much yeast you use can make a big…

I don’t bake with yeast all that often, but I always reach for the packets of dry yeast when I do. But what about those little cakes of fresh yeast, the ones professional bakers are always talking about? It was time to find out more about fresh (or cake) yeast, and see what the fuss was all about. How is it different from dried yeast, is it easy to use, and would breads made from fresh yeast taste better?

I might as well apologize now because this is going to be lengthy! Switching over to much less processed foods was something we decided to do last year. It has helped us in so many ways health wise and I don't see us ever going back. Once you learn some of the things about processed foods, you can't unlearn them….. The hubs and I have both always enjoyed baking our own bread but used to just do it for fun. After researching and reading for the best kinds of breads we can make for our family…

This easy-to-use dry and fresh cake yeast conversion chart will help you determine how much yeast you need based on the total amount of flour in your recipe.

First, a little info on active dry yeast... Most of my yeast doughs are made using regular active dry yeast. It is quite inexpensive when purchased in one or two pound vacuum packed bags (see Red Star Yeast below) and lasts a long time. When I open a new bag, I transfer a portion to...

Here's how to use active dry yeast, instant yeast, and fresh yeast interchangeably in bread and yeasted cake recipes.

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