Yeast Unit

For the yeast unit we made flatbread pizza, pretzels, monkey bread, and regular bread twice. The reason why we made bread twice was so that we could learn to tell if there was a difference if you left the dough over night vs. cooking it right away. The dough that was left over night was much better because the yeast had time to sit. In this unit we also learned that we have to be careful with yeast, because it is a living organism, so when you put it in warm water to bloom, you have to make sure not to kill the yeast. If you kill the yeast the dough will not rise properly. In our monkey bread recipe, we used too much yeast, and had to end up almost tripling the recipe in order to make up for it.
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