June 16, 2008 - 1:07pm
yeast
Hello. I am new to a "blog" and not sure how all of this works. I have a question about yeast. I am presently using SAF instant yeast. When a recipe tells me to disolve my yeast in warm water to proof it.........do I have to do this with instant yeast? Now, when I return to this blog, where do I go to find any responses. Sorry for any dumb questions. Sandy in Fl
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I don't dissolve the instant yeast, even when a recipe calls for it. I just mix it up with a cup of the flour, then add it to the liquid. I'm not sure you're blogging here, though you could, I gather. You'll see the answers to your questions in with the "latest comments".
No, instant yeast doesn't need to be dissolved in liquid first (though it won't hurt it to do so).
There's one case in which you do need to dissolve even instant yeast in water - when very small amount of yeast, say 1/8 of a teaspoon, is used dissolving it in water ensures even distribution of the yeast.
Mike
If a recipe says to "proof" your yeast I would imagine it is asking for regular yeast not instant. I just went through this in a post I put up similar to this but as Suave said certain recipes like the baguette recipe in ABAA will call for you to dissolve a small amount of instant in water to use an even tinier amount and spread it between 2 things but it says nothing about proofing it.