January 25, 2013 - 11:13pm
Replacing Instant yeast with Osmotolerant yeast
Hi,
I have this 1lb bag of osmotolerant yeast and I am wondering how much to reduce it by if I'm using it in replacement of regular instant yeast. My breads seem to rise too fast if I use the same amount and as it is a big bag to me, I find it pointless to get a separate bag of instant dry yeast.
Thanks for any input!
Regards,
Jasmine
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Osmotolerant yeast is made to use it for enriched doughs that contains 10% sugar or more per kilo of flour.
Reduced by one third, but generally it is not indicated for use other than the one i mention above.
Good luck!
Thanks Costas!
Yes, osmotolerant yeast was developed to be used in ultra-sweet doughs. However, I've used it in lean doughs, and basic sweet doughs (< 10% sugar) with equal success, and essentially equal fermentation and proofing times, and oven spring realized compared to non-osmotolerant yeast. I've used the same amount of yeast in either case.
David G
Try this http://www.abreaducation.com/yeast_calculator.php
Mirko,
Thanks for that yeast converter. It's a great tool and has come in handy.
Faith
I bought some osmotolerant yeast for my brioche and holiday breads but I have used it in regular breads as well. I ,too,find it is more active than regular instant yeast so I just reduce by 1/3-1/2, depending on my bakingtime availability. The first time I used the full amount, my dough just exploded into a doubling rise-and it was a whole wheat fruited nutted loaf!