how to overcome your fear of cooking with yeast

The whole yeast being alive and using their powers to make bread thing can be a little scary.

I know. I used to be freaked out at the thought.

the bad old days

Back when I first was getting into cooking, yeast seemed so complicated.

First you had to rehydrate it in tepid water (I remember having to look up what tepid meant in the dictionary!). And you were warned that the yeast would die if the water was too hot or too cold.

Yes, yeast seemed something a little like Goldilocks and needed everything to be ‘just right’.

now things are much more simple

Thankfully these days, modern dried yeast seems a lot more relaxed. You just add it straight to the flour, like a normal ingredient and that’s all it takes.

so there’s nothing to be afraid of

I find when I’m faced with a fear the best thing to do is to ask myself ‘what’s the worst that could happen?’. And honestly, the answer is usually something so mundane as my bread not rising. Not exactly world-ending consequences

what are you waiting for?

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