Now that we’re all on lockdown and our low-carb diets have gone out the window, many of us are trying our hands at baking our own bread. But since we all had this exact same idea at the exact same ...

I'll be honest: I haven't always been good at making bread. Mixing flour and water is fine, and I think kneading by hand is fun. It's the yeast that causes trouble. Yeast is essential to good bread, ...

Say you're planning a pizza night, but when you open your cupboard, you find that your yeast is past its prime — a common bread-making mistake. What else can you use to help your dough rise? We asked ...

Of all the ingredients that have been on and off grocery store shelves and in and out of online inventory, yeast seems to be one of the more elusive. Those of us who are not invested in sourdough rely ...

Our classic sufganiyot are warm, sugar-dusted donuts with bright raspberry centers that will quickly become the focus of your ...

If you are feeling creative and want to make homemade alcohol, check out these 5 easiest liquors to make at home with fruit, yeast, and sugar. We have prepared a list of easy recipes for making ...

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If you enjoy a beer on a summer day, you can thank yeast, the microbes that ferment sugar into alcohol and give beer its character. After innumerable generations of using just two types of yeast, a ...

If you are feeling creative and want to make homemade alcohol, check out these 5 easiest liquors to make at home with fruit, yeast, and sugar. We have prepared a list of easy recipes for making ...