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>try to make dough for bread bowls
>use "fast acting yeast"
>bread has risen maybe a inch in the last hour
did I fuck up?
can I save it?
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>>8574330
did you keep it in a warm and humid place?
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>>8574349
it's been sitting next to my stove, which has a pot of stock simmering
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>did I fuck up?
give us your recipe. are you sure the yeast was still good?
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>>8574375
http://www.food.com/recipe/homemade-bread-bowls-495386
I literally just bought it today
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>>8574330
did you have it covered? also, is the side of the bowl hot? if the bowl is hot, you might have preemptively killed the yeast. did you put the yeast and the salt into the flour together, so that they were touching before you mixed them in? that can also kill the yeast.
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>>8574431
>did you have it covered?
yes
>also, is the side of the bowl hot? if the bowl is hot, you might have preemptively killed the yeast.
it's warm but not hot
>did you put the yeast and the salt into the flour together, so that they were touching before you mixed them in? that can also kill the yeast.
>put sugar in mixing bowl
>put salt in mixing bowl
>put in oil
>put in water
>stir
>put in yeast
>stir
>slowly add flour
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Was the water warm when you added it?
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>>8574465
yes
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>>8574445
Wheverer i make my yeast rolls i place my yeast in warm milk or water with a pinch of sugar or honey to allow it to start activating/fermenting/whatever. This also a good way to make sure you dont have a dead batch of yeast - even if you bought it that day dosent guarantee its not dead.
Granted your bread may have a different step that mine, because i mix my wets (which has the yeast in it) + butter and then add the flour and dry ingredients to it.
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did you mix the yeast in lukewarm water/milk? you can't just pour yest into flour dumdum
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>>8574501
If your milk/water + yeast dosent start to turn foamy and make what looks like the head of a foamy beer then your yeast is dead
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>>8574520
this has been sitting for roughly 20 minutes
>3 cups hot water
>2 tbsp sugar
>1 packet dry yeast
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>>8574607
forgot pic
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