Active dry yeast

Love baking? You likely know the power of active dry yeast. But have you ever wondered how to substitute instant yeast for active dry yeast?

My favorite 1-Hour Soft and Buttery Dinner Rolls recipe is easy to make by hand or with a stand mixer and absolutely heavenly served warm out of the oven.

Follow these steps if you are unsure of the activity or freshness of your yeast (or just want to give it a ‘good start’).

This recipe for how to make Homemade Bagels is easy to master and produces a bagel that is chewy on the outside and super soft on the inside. Flavor the bagels with Everything Seasoning, Asiago Cheese, Sesame, or create your own with your favorite seasoning!

Home bakers have more choices than ever when it comes to types of yeast: While a rustic loaf like sourdough requires a few tablespoons of a live levain or starter cultivated from wild, naturally occurring yeast, most recipes for simple leavened doughs like cinnamon rolls or sandwich bread will call for dry yeast. There are two players in that game: Active dry yeast and instant yeast.

There's no worse feeling than finding a delicious bread recipe only to realize you don't have the fancy ingredients required to make it. Or worse, it takes

Make pizza night healthier with this traditional sourdough pizza crust. Made with properly prepared whole grains that bake into the perfect crust.

Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Bread is made with milk, unsalted butter, active dry yeast, eggs, granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, salt, and cinnamon. This scrumptious Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Bread recipe creates a dessert that takes about 4 hours to prepare and can serve up to 8 people.

Yeast leavens bread and creates a light texture. And two of the most common yeasts, active dry and instant, produce extremely similar results. However, they are different ingredients and need to be used in different ways.

Two common types of yeast that people use at home to make bread and pastries are active dry yeast and instant yeast. Instant yeast is sometimes known by other names, such as bread machine yeast, quick-rise yeast, fast-rising yeast or rapid-rise yeast. Instant yeast has smaller particles than active ...