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	Subject :Dry yeast for fresh yeast 09/07/2011 07:36
	RC Joined: 12/22/2010 21:16 Posts: 7 What is the conversion fresh yeast to dry yeast?
	Subject :Re:Dry yeast for fresh yeast 09/07/2011 08:25
	LeahS [Admin] Joined: 12/13/2010 19:41 Posts: 57 Everyone argues about this all the time, and online you can find hundreds of different answers. I go by the standard of Red Star - 2 oz fresh yeast is 6 3/4 teaspoon dry (which is three packets.) Red star comes in a strip of 3 packet and each packet is 2 1/4 teaspoons. http://www.redstaryeast.com/lessons-yeast-baking/yeast-conversion-table I've been doing this for the past 5 years and it has worked perfectly for me.
	Subject :Re:Dry yeast for fresh yeast 09/08/2011 12:40
	RC Joined: 12/22/2010 21:16 Posts: 7 Thank you!
	Subject :Re:Dry yeast for fresh yeast 09/19/2011 18:41
	jill2621 Joined: 09/15/2011 20:37 Posts: 10 I have a great challah recipe from a Hungarian survivor who tried to "perfect" a recipe. This woman, Devora Heller, goes around teaching women how/why to perform the mitzvah of baking and separating challah. I trust her recipe which states that 2 oz. fresh equals 3 T dry yeast. I buy the big package (2 lb.) from Costco. It is called Red Star "Active Dry Yeast" and I keep in the fridge once I've opened it.
	Subject :Re:Dry yeast for fresh yeast 09/19/2011 18:50
	LeahS [Admin] Joined: 12/13/2010 19:41 Posts: 57 3 Tablespoons are 6 teaspoons, so the difference would be 3/4 teaspoon. If you heap your Tablespoons then it would come out to 6 3/4 teaspoons. So it's pretty much the same.
	Subject :Re:Dry yeast for fresh yeast 02/28/2012 08:42
	smartcookie Joined: 10/18/2011 04:15 Posts: 29 I agree with you. I've been using Devora's recipe for over 10 years, and ALWAYS use the dry yeast. I actually use 4 TB per 6 lbs flour. The challahs are yummy every time. See recipe #11238, which I made for Purim. Can't wait to serve it at the seuda !
	Subject :Re:Dry yeast for fresh yeast 03/04/2012 10:00
	AbbyPires Joined: 12/27/2011 20:17 Posts: 30 Help me understand, please. What is 'fresh yeast'? I use 'dry yeast' all the time for baking bread, but I have never heard of the other kind. At least I don't think I have. My brain's a little foggy right now.
	Subject :Re:Dry yeast for fresh yeast 03/04/2012 21:45
	njmom Joined: 12/13/2010 16:35 Posts: 106 Abby, fresh yeast is wet yeast, or cake or compressed yeast. It's usually sold in 2 oz little square/rectangle in the refrigerator section (in Israel it comes in 50 gram squares.) Does that answer the question?
	Subject :Re:Dry yeast for fresh yeast 03/04/2012 21:45
	njmom Joined: 12/13/2010 16:35 Posts: 106 Abby, fresh yeast is wet yeast, or cake or compressed yeast. It's usually sold in 2 oz little square/rectangle in the refrigerator section (in Israel it comes in 50 gram squares.) Does that answer the question?
	Subject :Re:Dry yeast for fresh yeast 03/08/2012 11:28
	AbbyPires Joined: 12/27/2011 20:17 Posts: 30 I think that helps. Is it yeast that just hasn't been dehydrated yet?
	Subject :Re:Dry yeast for fresh yeast 03/11/2012 19:36
	njmom Joined: 12/13/2010 16:35 Posts: 106 I suppose so. Never thought about that Please let me know if you see it in the refrigerator section of your supermarket.
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