Yeast

[berpsie]

I am a little confused.  I have bought a packet of dry yeast and have been measuring 20 gm of that into my bread.  I found that I had sachets of yeast and so I put one in instead and it didn't weigh anything really, 2 weighed about 5 gm.  So, the bread I made using 20 gm of dry yeast was fine and then the bread I made using 2 sachets or yeast was fine too.  Should I really only be using 1 sachet? and then the dried yeast I already have how to I measure that?  Is it 1 teaspoon in a sachet?  All my bread has been good but I don't want to be using more yeast than is necessary 

[LeeJ]

20 grams is a lot of dried yeast  for 500 ish grams of flour, 2 teaspoon of yeast 

[meganjane]

I think the 20g refers to fresh yeast, not dried. I only use 2 tsp too.

[dede]

I use 7-8 grams of dried yeast to make cheese and bacon rolls. I usually measure this on my kitchen scales rather than the TM. Ive never worked out how much it is in teaspoon measurements but I would guess around 2 teaspoons.

[berpsie]

Thanks  I gathered I had put a bit much in but it tasted ok.  Strangely enough I made another loaf last night with the right amount of yeast and it rose even more!

[achookwoman]

berpsie,  good to ask if you don't understand what is happening.  2 teaspoons of dried yeast is pretty normal for 500 g bread flour,  however if you add something like fruit for Hot X Buns you will probably have to double the amount of yeast.  There are plenty of tried and tested recipes here so follow the instructions carefully and you also will have excellent results.  That your bread rose even more with less yeast could be due to other factors such as a warmer room or the way you handled the dough.   You will learn the more you make,  so go for it and have fun.

[Frozzie]

if your using sachets of yeast you wouldnt need to weigh it as the weight is on the packet and if i remember its normally 7 grams per packet..hang on ill go check as i still have some..it ranges from 7.5 to 11g depending on the brand lol but still you could go on the weight on your packet as a guide.....i have a tin of dry active yeast in the fridge for times when I run out of fresh yeast which i use most of the time and if in doubt just go by teaspoons ie a teaspoon is generally 5 grams..