Make yeast at home

Wild Yeast Sourdough Starter - make a sourdough starter at home with flour and naturally occurring yeast using a clever secret ingredient.

Learn how to make yeast for bread at home. While it's possible to bake bread without yeast, learn what yeast does and why it's important.

Yeast is a fermenting agent that is used in many Indian dishes. Here is a recipe for homemade yeast that can be easily made using just 4 ingredients.

Use our sourdough starter to make this sourdough bread recipe. There are four steps to this process:• Making sourdough starter (see our recipe)• Making the leaven• Making the dough• Baking the bread*If your sourdough starter has been in the refrigerator, take it out 2 days before you plan to make bread with it and feed it. (Again, see our starter recipe for how to do this.)

The easiest way to make your own yeast is to grow a sourdough starter. All you have to do is capture wild yeast using flour and water.

What if you want to bake some bread but don't have any yeast? As this video shows, you can easily make bread without yeast.

The easiest way to make your own yeast is to grow a sourdough starter. All you have to do is capture wild yeast using flour and water.

Yeast is what makes bread and other baked goods fluffy and light Yeast is actually a fungus that thrives on sugar. Then, when it is mixed with the right baking ingredients, the yeast will create carbon dioxide that makes the dough expand and rise. It also adds flavor. You can easily cultivate your own yeast with just two ingredients – flour and water. The fungus that creates yeast is everywhere – on your skin, in the air, and in flour. With just a little time and the right 'feeding'…

What's the difference between active dry yeast and instant yeast? Here's a breakdown on each kind of yeast and if they can be substituted!