Skip to content
  • About
    • Collaborate
    • Press
    • Contact
  • Kitchen Tools
  • Meet the Team
  • Travel
  • Video
  • Press
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Youtube

Savory Experiments

  • Recipe Index
  • Cooking Method
    • Air Fryer
    • Baking
    • BBQ
    • Casserole
    • Cast Iron
    • Freezer Friendly
    • Grilling
    • Instant Pot
    • Kid-Friendly
    • No-Bake
    • No-Cook
    • One-Dish
    • Slow Cooker
    • Under 30 Minutes
  • Cuisine
    • Asian
    • Creole
    • French
    • German
    • Indian
    • International Cuisine
    • Irish
    • Italian
    • Mediterranean
    • Mexican
    • Middle Eastern
    • Polish
    • Spanish
    • Thai
  • Holiday
    • Christmas
    • Cinco de Mayo
    • Easter
    • Halloween
    • Patriotic
    • St. Patrick’s Day
    • Thanksgiving
    • Valentine’s Day
  • Ingredient
    • All Ingredients
    • Beef
    • Butter
    • Cheese
    • Chicken
    • Eggs
    • Pork
    • Salt
    • Tomato
  • Order My Book!

Savory Experiments

  • Recipe Index
  • Cooking Method
    • Air Fryer
    • Baking
    • BBQ
    • Casserole
    • Cast Iron
    • Freezer Friendly
    • Grilling
    • Instant Pot
    • Kid-Friendly
    • No-Bake
    • No-Cook
    • One-Dish
    • Slow Cooker
    • Under 30 Minutes
  • Cuisine
    • Asian
    • Creole
    • French
    • German
    • Indian
    • International Cuisine
    • Irish
    • Italian
    • Mediterranean
    • Mexican
    • Middle Eastern
    • Polish
    • Spanish
    • Thai
  • Holiday
    • Christmas
    • Cinco de Mayo
    • Easter
    • Halloween
    • Patriotic
    • St. Patrick’s Day
    • Thanksgiving
    • Valentine’s Day
  • Ingredient
    • All Ingredients
    • Beef
    • Butter
    • Cheese
    • Chicken
    • Eggs
    • Pork
    • Salt
    • Tomato
  • Order My Book!

Savory Experiments

Yeast

Yeast, the smell is intoxicating and reminds us of freshly baked bread at grandma’s house. But the actual substance is slightly unappetizing and downright a little mysterious.

What is Yeast?

Yeast is a single-cell organism, also known as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which needs food, warmth, and moisture to live. This is why we combine it with warm water and sugar to bloom.

It converts the sugars and starch through fermentation, into carbon dioxide at a much faster rate than say, alcohol. This is when it “blooms”.

Use too hot of water and the yeast will die. Too cool and it won’t activate.

What Does Yeast Do?

Yeast helps baked goods get all fluffy and light. It is the main difference in breads that makes them dense or light. The carbon dioxide makes baked goods rise by creating pockets of air. Pair that with other leaveners and you’ll got one fluffy, soft loaf.

What is Yeast Used In?

Most commonly, bread, but yeast is used in other things as well. Such as:

  • Brewing beer
  • Fermenting wine
  • For nutritional purposes

Why Isn’t My Yeast Bubbling?

There are two primary reasons why yeast doesn’t bloom.

  1. Water temperature- the water was too cold to activate it or too hot and killed it.
  2. Yeast was bad and expired.

How Long is Yeast Good For?

Unopened yeast can stay good to up to 2 years if kept in a cool, dry place, like the pantry. However, once opened, yeast can go bad within 4 months. It won’t all go bad at once, but its potency will slowly start to fade.

Yeast can be store in the freezer for up to 6 months.

If you don’t bake often, buy the little packets of yeast. If you do bake often, purchase the jar, but write the date opened on the top with a permanent marker or on freezer tape.

What is Quick Rise Yeast?

Quick Rise Yeast or Instant Yeast just means that you can skip part of the rising process or even go right to kneading. Most recipes use regular yeast or quick rise interchangeably.

Recipes That Use Yeast:

  • Mexican Cheesy Rolls
  • Texas Roadhouse Rolls
  • Easy Dinner Rolls
  • Old Fashioned Pecan Sticky Rolls
Close up of Danish Pastry Wreath
Danish Pastry Wreath made with Scalded Milk
            basket of yeast rolls with honey cinnamon butter

Texas Roadhouse Rolls

Bread
            bowl of buttery garlic knots with marinara sauce

Homemade Garlic Knots

Bread
            overhead of hand dipping pretzel bites into cheese sauce

Soft Pretzel Bites

Appetizers + Snacks · Bread
            collage of no yeast breads

27+ No Yeast and Quick Bread Recipes

Bread · Recipe Collections
            cheese stuffed rolls

Jalapeno Cheesy Bread

Bread
            Overhead view of Mardi Gras King Cake

Mardi Gras King Cake

Cakes + Cupcakes
            buttered dinner rolls in a blue baking dish

30 Minute Dinner Rolls

Bread
            Pecan Sticky Buns are the best hot sticky bun recipe out there, made just the way grandma on the farm made them with a caramel pecan sauce. #stickybuns #stickybunrecipe www.savoryexperiments.com

Old Fashioned Pecan Sticky Buns

Breakfast
            Buttery Brioche Rolls Recipe- buttery, pillowy, buttery, tender, buttery... did I say buttery, BRIOCHE! www.savoryexperiments.com

Brioche Bread Rolls

Bread
subscribe via bloglovin
Welcome!
Welcome!
Jessica is an author, blog coach, photographer, recipe creator and spokesperson, TV personality, globetrotter and contributor to Parade, Better Homes & Gardens, Mashed and The Daily Meal Food + Travel and more! Let her help you create restaurant quality family meals using the four S's.
What are the Four S's?
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
FREE Email Course
CLICK: 7 Days to Being a Better Home Cook!
Looking For Something?
Buy My Book!
Jessica is the author of the new book Beef It Up! 50 recipes showcasing classic beef recipes all made in the comfort of your kitchen and without special equipment.
Get Your Copy!
book cover for beef it up

FREE 7 Day Email Course- How to be a Better Home Cook!

Click to Subscribe
Breakfast
Breakfast
Desserts
Desserts
Dinner
Dinner
Salads
Salads
Sandwich
Sandwiches
Side dishes
Side Dishes
  • Recipe Index
  • About
  • Media Kit
  • Kitchen Tools
  • Shop
  • Travel
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
Copyright © 2022 Savory Experiments, All Rights Reserved.
Design by Lindsay Humes.
  • Home
  • Recipe Index
    • Appetizers + Snacks
    • Breakfast
    • Desserts
    • Dinners + Entrees
    • Dips, Dressings, + Sauces
    • Side Dishes
  • Cooking Method
    • Baking
    • BBQ
    • Casserole
    • Cast Iron
    • Grilling
    • Instant Pot
    • No-Cook
    • One-Dish
    • Slow Cooker
    • Under 30 Minutes
  • Cuisine
    • Asian
    • Creole
    • French
    • German
    • Indian
    • Irish
    • Italian
    • Mediterranean
    • Mexican
    • Middle Eastern
    • Polish
    • Spanish
    • Thai
  • Holiday
    • Christmas
    • Cinco de Mayo
    • Easter
    • Halloween
    • Patriotic
    • St. Patrick’s Day
    • Thanksgiving
    • Valentine’s Day
  • Travel
  • About
    • About
    • Privacy Policy
    • Kitchen Tools
    • Press
    • Work With Me
  • Order My Book!
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Youtube