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8. Yeast
Yeast passes doughy yeasting process, then produces carbon dioxide, making bread expand and
inner fibre soft. However, yeast fast breeding needs carbohydrate in sugar and flour as
nourishment.
1tsp .active dry yeast =3/4 tsp.instant yeast
1.5tsp .active dry yeast =1 tsp. instant yeast
2tsp .active dry yeast =1.5 tsp. instant yeast
Yeast must be stored in refrigerator as it will be killed at high temperature, before use check the
date and storage life of your yeast. Store it back to the refrigerator as soon as possible after each
use. Usually the failure of bread rising is caused by the dead yeast.
The ways described below will check whether your yeast is fresh and active or not.
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1
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pour 1/2 cup warm water (45-50
0
C) into a measuring cup
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2
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Put 1 tsp. white sugar into the cup and stir, then sprinkle 2tsp. yeast over the water.
（
3
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Place the measuring cup in a warm place for about 10min. Do not stir the water.
（
4
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The froth will be up to 1 cup. Otherwise the yeast is dead or inactive.
9. Salt
Salt is necessary to improve bread flavor and crust color. But salt can also restrain yeast from
rising. Never use too much salt in a recipe. If you don't want to use salt, omit it. And bread would
be larger if without salt.
10. Egg
Eggs can improve bread texture, make the bread more nourish and larger in size, add special egg
flavor to bread. When using it must be peeled and stirred evenly.
11. Grease, butter and vegetable oil
Grease can make bread be soft and delay storage life. Butter should be melted or chopped to
small particles prior use, so as to be stir evenly when you take it out from refrigerator.
12. Baking powder
Baking powder mainly is used to rise the Ultra Fast bread and cake. As it do not need rise time and
produce gas which will form bubble or soften the texture of bread utilizing chemical principle.
13. Soda
The same principle as above. It can also used in combination with baking powder.
14. Water and other liquid
Water is essential ingredient for making bread. Generally speaking, water temperature between
20
0
C and 25
0
C is the most proper. But the water temperature should be within 45-50
0
C for
achieving rising speed for make Ultra Fast bread. The water may be replaced by fresh milk or
water mixed with 2% milk powder, which may enhance bread flavor and improve crust color.
Some recipes may call for juice for the purpose of enhancing bread flavor, eg
：
apple juice,
orange juice, lemon juice and so on.
Ingredients weight
One of important step for making good bread is utilizing proper amount of ingredients.
It is strongly suggest to use measuring cup, measuring spoon to obtain accurate amount, otherwise
the bread will be largely influenced.
1. Weighing liquid ingredients
Water, fresh milk or milk powder solution should be measured with measuring cups.
Observe the level of the measuring cup with your eyes horizontally.
When you measure cooking oil or other ingredients, clean the measuring cup thoroughly without
any other ingredients.
2. Measure dry powder
