How Do You Prevent Using Dead Yeast In Homemade Bread?
Often when baking bread using yeast from our pantries we find that our bread will not rise. This costs money and frustrates even the seasoned of bakers. There’s an easy way to prevent this problem by making what’s called a “yeast starter”. Yeast starters aren’t just for beer makers they’re a great way to start any yeast bread. Read on to find out more on this simple process that takes 10-15 mins and will ensure your bread has live yeast to rise. First step is to buy the right yeast for the task. Although it’s best if you buy live yeast and store it in your refrigerator it only stays good for so long. Most of us buy dry yeast it’s cheaper and lasts longer in our pantries. Problem is this yeast doesn’t always work and can be cause of many failed bread batches. So, if you bake yeast breads frequently buy live yeast it will rarely be dead and some would argue makes for better bread in the long run. You probably only need to test the live yeast every month or so to ensure it’s still good. I
