"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:21:29 +1000, "Farm1" >
> wrote:
>
>>"sf" > wrote in message
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>>> Question for you bread baking people.... I have a King Arthur bread
>>> recipe (I used all the KA bread flour yesterday, so I'm "stuck" with
>>> the organic best of the best flour that I buy in bulk from Rainbow)
>>> which calls for 3 cups bread flour and 1 cup "old fashioned oats" (I
>>> have it) - but my question is about the yeast measure. The recipe
>>> calls for 2 teaspoons of instant yeast for. When I make pizza, I use
>>> 1/2 tsp dry yeast (bought in bulk) to 4 cups all-purpose or bread
>>> flour and it is very active. Do I really need 2 teaspoons of yeast
>>> for this bread???? It seems to me that if I really needed more yeast,
>>> 1 tsp would do the trick. What say you?
>>
>>I say it doesn't really matter because the yeast multiplies -it's a
>>growing
>>multiplying organism.
>>
>>What does matter will be your ability to determine if the dough has risen
>>sufficiently for the loaf to be put in the oven - in other words, it's a
>>question of how much rising time you give it. Theoretically, you could
>>start with 10 yeast cells (which would be a minute pinch of dried yeast
>>grains) and end up with enough to bake the loaf to it's original sized
>>specifications (not sure if that makes sense but it's the best I can
>>manage).
>
> Can you manage two cells and nine months in the oven? hdehe

Groan.