We Go Together

In my early days of baking and cooking, I would get frustrated over recipes that I thought should be simple. The one ingredient that always sent me over the edge was yeast. I would buy multiple packages because I used to fail over and again to get my yeast to bubble and get happy.

It all changed when I had my “aha” moment that yeast is not hard, it is just will not ferment unless its bath water is a certain temperature. I used to run the water until it got hot and tried to guess at the right temperature. I am fairly sure I was “cooking” my yeast and killing it.

Big Guy bought me a cooking thermometer and my failure rate is now at zero. I run the water until its hotter and wait for my thermometer to tell me I have reached the peak temperature of 110 degrees. Happy yeast and happy life because my bread is going to be perfect!

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