How to Pick the Right Yeast for the Job

For all the aspiring bakers out there.

to break it down for us, and she hooked us up with Yeast 101—a crash course on everything you need to know to dissolve your fears and start baking.A yeast common in supermarkets. It's made by removing the water in live yeast and grinding it into fine granules. The biggest myth surrounding active dry yeast is that it needs to be "proofed" by dissolving it in warm water with a pinch of sugar; if it foams and bubbles, it's alive, active, and ready to be used.

So then what's the difference between active dry and instant yeast? "Instant is a slightly different strain, so it produces a bit of a different flavor," Reid says. But "frankly, you can use them exactly the same way." In other words, there's no need to buy both; buy one and stick with it. Reid recommends

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