How to Bake With Brewing Yeast

Many foods can be baked with brewing yeast to add nutritional value.

Not to be confused with baker's yeast, brewing yeast adds nutritional value to your diet. Simple ways to incorporate it into your lifestyle include sprinkling it on popcorn, adding it to shakes and smoothies, sneaking it into mashed potatoes, or adding it to gravy. You can also add it to your favorite baked goods including healthy whole-wheat bread recipes. Does this Spark an idea?

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Whole wheat flour
Dry yeast
Lukewarm water
Honey
Dark molasses
Salt
Warm water
Brewing yeast
Caraway seeds, if desired
Large bowl
Loaf pans

Instructions

- 1
  
  Place 7 1/2 cups of whole wheat flower into a bowl. Dissolve 2 tbsp. of dry yeast in 1 cup of lukewarm water, stir in 1 tbsp. of honey.
- 2
  
  Mix 4 tbsp. of dark molasses into another cup of lukewarm water, add it to the mixture of dry yeast and honey.
- 3
  
  Add 1 tbsp. of salt, the water and molasses, and the yeast and honey to the flour, then stir in 2 cups of water and mix to form sticky dough. Add 2 tbsp. of brewing yeast and, if desired, half of a cup of caraway seeds.
- 4
  
  Grease two 9-by-5-by-3 inch loaf pans. Add the bread mixture to the pans, filling each no more than 2/3 of the way. Allow them to rise for 40 minutes in a cool oven.
- 5
  
  Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake the loaves for 30 to 40 minutes, until golden brown. Allow them 10 minutes to cool, then remove them from the pans and allow them to cool further.