Bread-Bakers v098.n035.6

Lee & Bill <steiconi@hotcoco.infi.net> wrote:

>Does anyone remember how to test yeast for vitality?  I've looked
>through all my bread books, and they just don't say!

Mix your package of yeast in a 1/4 cup of warm water and stir
in a quarter teaspoon of sugar. Wait 4 or 5 minutes and see if
the mixture is actively bubbly. If it is bubbly, then the yeast is
good. If not bubbly, the yeast is bad or old.

- Mitch