Yeast Ferment

Recipe Cuisine: Breads
Recipe Category: Breads
Recipe Serves: 6

Recipes Ingredients:

1 Medium-size potato
1 Cake dry yeast
1 ts Salt
1 tb Sugar
4 c Water

Recipe Instructions:

The fermentation period for Bread made with dry yeast may be shortened if the following yeast ferment is first prepared: Crumble yeast and soften in 1/2 cup water. Wash, pare, and boil Potato in 3 1/2 cups water. Drain potato. Save Potato water. Mash Potato and add Sugar and salt. Cool to lukewarm. Add yeast, and Potato water. If necessary add water to make 1 quart of the mixture. Cover unused portion may be stored in the Refrigerator and kept for several days. The Household Searchlight - 1941