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To Preserve Yeast

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Preserve Yeast

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Whisk the yeast until thin.

  2. Spread a thin layer of yeast on a clean, dry wooden dish.

  3. Cover the yeast with the dish upside down to keep out dust but allow air.

  4. Once the first layer is dry, add another layer and repeat until thick (2-3 inches).

  5. Store the dried yeast in dry tin canisters.

  6. To use, cut a piece and dissolve it in warm water.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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