A packet of yeast, whether active dry or instant, is one of the most unassuming-looking items you'll find in our kitchen pantry. But, as these yeast bread recipes prove, this simple-seeming ingredient ...

Ask most home bakers what yeast does, and you'll probably hear that it makes bread rise. That's like saying a computer lets you type — it's true, but it's also a lot more than that. Yeast is a living ...

In our family, a loaf of homemade bread is synonymous with love. My sister makes it her personal mission to treat us all to a delicious yeasted loaf as often as possible. Her sons have taken up the ...

The holiday season can get busy, and being able to prepare yeast bread dough ahead of time and freeze it for later use could save time, said Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee.

Archaeologists recently found remnants of an unbaked loaf of yeast bread from 6600 B.C. Thousands of years later, home cooks still bake bread using the techniques of our ancestors. But, thanks to the ...