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Grandma Matson's Sexy Cinnamon Rolls Made 5 Ways!
Step by step photo recipe for mouth-watering vintage cinnamon rolls!
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Beignets with Gourmet Dunking Sauces - Indulge before Mardi Gras!
4 commentsHome from New Orleans for exactly one week, before succumbing to homemade beignets. Thank you, Cafe Du Monde, you have ruined us! And, of course, we also brewed up some of your Coffee & Chicory...
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My new doughnut rage, inspired by Canada's famous BeaverTails
3 commentsVarious doughnut incarnations are popular around the globe. Shapes include rings, balls, and flattened spheres, as well as ear shapes, twists and other forms. BEAVERTAILS® pastries, which have...
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The Second Rise
11 commentsWhen baking bread, you're often asked to allow bread to rise, then punch it down and let it rise again. Why go through all that trouble? What does this "second rise" do for the bread?
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Sunken Sourdough Sadness
2 commentsIs there a special touch needed to make sourdough bread rise? Is there perhaps some special music or proper colored light that will convince the yeast to make their magic? Probably not, but there are ways to encourage bread to rise properly.
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active dry yeast
Yeast is the driving force behind fermentation, the magical process that allows a dense mass of dough to become a well-risen loaf of bread. Active dry yeast, which is sold in sealed, foil-lined packets, provides baked goods with a pleasant yeasty flavor. In the packaging process, about 25% of the yeast cells die off, releasing a small amount of glutathione, which causes relaxation of gluten (this makes it a good yeast for pizza dough, but it
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compressed yeast
Not as widely available as other yeast products, fresh yeast is sold refrigerated in foil-wrapped blocks and cubes.
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instant yeast
Instant yeast came along about 30 years ago and has become more popular as its availability has increased...
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