Yeast 101 | Imamother

baba

Thu, Jul 09 2009, 7:45 am

What am I doing wrong?
I added yeast to warm water (40 C) and nothing's happening.
I once heard Israeli yeast reacts different?
Help me!

BeershevaBubby

Thu, Jul 09 2009, 8:21 am

read the package... is it live active yeast, which needs to be proofed first in warm water and sugar, or is it the kind that can be mixed directly into the flour and other dry ingredients and then you add the warm water and other liquids?

baba

Thu, Jul 09 2009, 8:58 am

The later. But the recipe says to first add the yeast to water (and if Seraph says dont change the order, then I'm not changing the order).
In the end, I left it for 10 min or so and you did see something happening in the middle, just a bit, so I hope it's ok

BeershevaBubby

Thu, Jul 09 2009, 9:08 am

I never proof my dry yeast (I use the vacuum packed blocks) I simply add it to all the dry ingredients and then add the liquids.

Bli Ayin Harah I've never had any problems.

baba

Thu, Jul 09 2009, 9:23 am

I know that you can do it that way. However, I've only just started to make challe and am not brave enough to do it any different than the recipe tells me to.