Instant Dry Yeast
Today I am exploring the option of instant dry yeast as opposed to active yeast. I'd love to pretend it was a choice, but in fact I just bought the wrong kind (a pound of it). I went to proof it as usual and ended up with no foam. I tried again, then left it in disgust. Came back later -- foam. One Google later, and I found out from https://www.chowhound.com/post/instant-yeast-screw-503236 that instant yeast goes a little slower (funnily enough) on the first rise and doesn't get proofed (proven?) first. So I made the batch of dough, and I'm waiting to see how it goes. *** OK, after an hour and almost no growth, I was all set to call it a bust, and then I realized that due to my always sucky math and previous use of the packets only, I put in waaay too little yeast. So today's second experiment is to see if you can take dough with a little yeast in it, let it sit for a while, then add in the rest of the yeast (by kneading it), and then still have it all work. ...