How to Test Your Baking Yeast For Freshness

You may find that your questioning the freshness of your bread yeast. After all, if the yeast is no longer any good, your entire recipe will fail. Here is an easy trick to test to see if your yeast has gone bad. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

    • 1

      Place 1 tsp yeast into a cup of warm water

    • 2

      Add 1 TBS of sugar

    • 3

      If the yeast foams and rises in 10 minutes, it is still good for baking.

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  • Rose McDougle Jul 01, 2008
    This is good advice.
  • Rose McDougle Jul 01, 2008
    This is good advice.
  • Linda McCloud Jun 26, 2008
    Great tip.
  • Linda McCloud Jun 26, 2008
    Great tip.

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