{"id":987,"date":"2020-07-12T17:18:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T17:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/?p=987"},"modified":"2020-07-12T17:18:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T17:18:25","slug":"i-have-a-pound-of-yeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/i-have-a-pound-of-yeast\/","title":{"rendered":"I have a pound of yeast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thinking out loud…<\/h3>\n

Initially, there was a plan. \u00a0I wanted pizza. \u00a0But we only had old yeast. \u00a0Then we discovered that most of America was apparently in bread baking mode\u2014no yeast left in the stores! \u00a0I began a search on line and after a couple disappointments and a few weeks, I scored a pound of yeast. \u00a0We would survive.<\/p>\n

Then it arrived. \u00a0A pound of yeast. \u00a0A brick\u2019s worth in size.<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t made serious bread in years, and I have been in the mood for home baked bread. \u00a0I want to whack bread dough on the counter just like they do in The Great British Baking Show. \u00a0English Muffins, Hamburger Buns, \u00a0Bannocks (not sure what those are, but I wants \u2018em).<\/p>\n

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But…I admit it, a brick\u2019s worth of yeast intimidated me. \u00a0Time passed.<\/p>\n

I finally mustered my forces (?) and found a recipe for easy<\/u><\/b> Hamburger Buns. \u00a0So here goes! \u00a0(You know, whenever anyone says easy, they don\u2019t necessarily mean for anyone else….)<\/p>\n

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Mise en place! \u00a0I am big on mise en place….(I like to say it, a lot).<\/p>\n

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This mixer hasn\u2019t been out of the appliance barn in a long time, a loooong time. \u00a0It knew what to do with bread dough.<\/p>\n

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Just how long does one need to knead bread? \u00a0There is a mystery here. What happens if you over knead it?<\/p>\n

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There is also a trick to making dough into little balls. \u00a0It eluded me….<\/p>\n

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But here they are!<\/p>\n

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And they worked just fine, even if the burger kinda hung out the sides, and the buns were a bit on the tall side.<\/p>\n

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Next baking with yeast adventure is going to be English Muffins! \u00a0Because I have a whole pound of yeast to use! \u00a0(Minus 1 tablespoon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thinking out loud… Initially, there was a plan. \u00a0I wanted pizza. \u00a0But we only had old yeast. \u00a0Then we discovered that most of America was apparently in bread baking mode\u2014no yeast left in the stores! \u00a0I began a search on line and after a couple disappointments and a few weeks, I scored a pound of … Continue reading “I have a pound of yeast”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}