Some believe this is a needed hydration step when using active dry yeast.

I use instant yeast because it works much better than the regular kind.

Tastes delicious and after 5 years I now need to use less yeast too.

People have used yeast for fermentation and baking throughout history.

People have been using yeast to turn sugar into alcohol for thousands of years.

Contrast this method with others, such as using yeast.

A process called fermentation turns sugar into alcohol, using yeast.

Baking cakes using yeast is more common here than in the rest of England.

Chinese bakers use too much yeast, he says, and their products don't taste right the following day.

Not enough is known about the safety of using red yeast during breast-feeding.