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dumpy

Fantastic! I'm so pleased it worked.

(and saved the bread machine being heaved across the kitchen)

Nanaof2

My breadmaker intructions say to use the sachets of yeast & NOT to use the tinned

dumpy

But the sachets are very expensive for the amount you get so it's more MSE to use the tins. The only difference is the sachets are quick acting yeast so don't need to be revived, which is why you can use them with a timer.

If you make bread with fresh yeast you have to "activate the yeast" by mixing with water and sugar. This is just the same.

My washing machine recommended a powder but I don't use that one only or the full amount they suggest.

nick_b

dumpy wrote: »

If you make bread with fresh yeast you have to "activate the yeast" by mixing with water and sugar.

No, you don't.:) I rarely do this and get fine results. The sugar is also unnecessary. Flour has natural sugars; extra sugar will just speed up the process. There's been research done that suggests that the longer you leave the dough for its initial fermentation the fewer problems people get with certain wheat intolerances. The taste and texture are also a lot better!

rachelleblondel_2

Doves Farm does a fast action yeast in a large packet which is about 99p. Lasts me a good month & I bake everyday. Rx

dumpy

That's interesting Nick_b. Looking at it from a purely biological view I always thought that as a single celled organism whcih we are essentially using to produce CO2, you'd need to allow the cells a medium to seperate out in (ie the water ) and a food source to get going. I'd never thought of making fresh bread by just mixing in the yeast. You learn something everyday!

I suppose when using dried yeast you'd have to allow the recovery time to allow the yeast to come out of suspended animation and start respiration. In a breadmaker the time allowed for the mixing and proving must be too short to allow this to happen unless the yeast is a quick acting yeast which is why the OP had problems.

Now I'm wondering what the difference is between the fast acting and "normal" dried yeast. I wonder if it is particle size??? Wanders off to google....

Angelraesunshine

must say i got more froth on the water when i did not add sugar then when i did add sugar but my bread did turn out fine in the end and very tasty it was this morning too it lasted longer doing it that way with the soaking and not the sachets as this morning at was not at all hard.

dannahaz

I;m another fan of the little orange boxes of Dove's Farm yeast. It's fast acting (like the stuff in the sachets), but much much cheaper. I think you get about 125g in a box.

kate83

Another vote here for the Dove's farm yeast. Same as the sachets but cheaper and less of a fiddle if you need a different amount of yeast to what comes in a sachet.
I tried that Allinson yeast and could never get it to work - even when activating it, never had a problem with Doves or the normal sachets.

Angelraesunshine

where can i find doves farm yeast? as i don't think i have seen it.