Wow. Is it tomorrow already? Well, I am a beginner at this video thing, so a little time lapsed photography. Welcome back. I’m going to show you what that yeast looks like today.

Test Results

Okay, here’s the two cups and you can see the one on the right is just a bubbling and foaming away. Which means your yeast is active. The one on the left, all the yeast has settled on the bottom and nothing is happening. Now this is only a 20 degree change in temperature. It is a very subtle thing and I suppose I could do a series of experiments to find out exactly what temperature is going to kill your yeast.

Blooming Yeast

But again it only takes an Instant Read Thermometer and you know that you have the right temperature. As I said, the recipe calls for 110 degrees and when you have the right temperature you have the best product. Look at that yeast go. It looks like it is growing right before your eyes.

Time To Make The Dinner Rolls…

Okay I hadn’t really thought about what I was going to do with the yeast. One package of yeast was sacrificed for this experiment. So in the spirit of conservation and good cooking, I am going to make dinner rolls. Literally, tomorrow, or maybe I’ll shoot the video later and post it tomorrow, you get to see what they look like.

Again, keep those questions coming. It has been great talking to everyone and I am really enjoying myself showing you a little bit about food here and there. So, come on back. Like I said, opt in at the bottom, on the left. Join our community. Go to the blog which is www.chefmartyrich.com/blog and post a question. I will get a video out to you as soon as I can.

Have a great day. See you tomorrow.

Hi and welcome back to Chefmartyrich.com. I shot a video, one of the first videos that I did and it was about Miss Barbara and easy dinner rolls. I am not sure if I really represented everyone properly.

My Apology

She saw the video and here is my apology. Okay, it wasn’t boiling water, but it was still too hot. So then I probably blamed the recipe, and talked about Recipe Rebel and then I got the recipe.

Easy Dinner Rolls

It was Easy Dinner Rolls. I got it right off the internet. Off of Recipezaar and right here it says that even the beginner cook can make these. They are true homemade rolls. They must chill or you can make them up to three days in advance. Now right here (I don’t know if you can see that) but right here it says “2 packages of yeast. Do not use a quick rising yeast in this recipe. 1 cup of water (110 degrees)”.

This One is Just Right…

Now granted again who knows what’s 110 degrees? But that is why we have our trusty Instant Read Thermometer. And today I am going to show you what bloomed yeast looks like. (Water running). It’s really pretty simple. Perfect, 110 degrees and I need 1 cup. And I just pour in the yeast.

This One’s Too Hot…

Now this water is too hot. Let’s just kick it up to about 130. So use 1 cup and we will put in another package of yeast. And we will see what happens. Now yeast feeds off of sugar. So a little pinch and a little pinch. Stir it up a little bit.

I will come back tomorrow and we will see what they look like.

Okay, take care. Keep coming back. Keep sending in questions. We will get a video just for you. Thanks.

Hi everybody, Marty here with another tip for the day from the front porch. I got off the rocking chair. Somebody said that my rocking back and forth was making them sea sick.

Anyway, another follow up from yesterdays video about killing the yeast. I bought some yeast, and on the back of the package it says stir in one envelope of yeast into ¼ cup of warm water (100 to 110 degrees) to prove the foam (the yeast) stir in 1 tsp. sugar, let stand and if the mixture doubles in volume the yeast is active.

So my first question is, “What is 110 degrees?” I mentioned yesterday the instant read thermometer. This is my instant read thermometer. If you can see that little dimple there, that is where it takes the temperature. This little nut right here is how you calibrate it. Stick it in a glass of ice cold water the thermometer should be down to 32 degrees. Stick it in a pot of boiling water and it should be 212 degrees. So that is how you adjust it. You just stick this bad boy under the tap until it reaches 100 to 110 degrees and you are right on. Because you don’t want to make that mistake. Baking, I said before, you can’t make a mistake at the beginning and expect it to come out at the end. You just spend too much time, especially with a yeast product where it is supposed to rise a couple of times before you get to your finished product. You can’t afford to make that mistake. You don’t want to do that and be the laughing stock when you pull your rolls out of the oven and they are pancakes.

I will have another tip for you tomorrow. This was a quick one. It is another question about the instant read thermometer. I think it is a very important tool. You should get one for sure.