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Rapid Rise Yeast or Regular?

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11:17 pm
October 28, 2009


Dessa

CA

Banty

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Hello, I've got a question for all you wonderful cookers out there.  The last few weeks I have been making my son pepperoni pizza from scratch.  The first time I made it, the dough came out softer and seemingly more chewy and my son loved it.  The last few times I have made it he said it has tasted kind of like crackers?  He is 9 years old, LOLHappy Flower

Anyway, I believe that the yeast I used the first time was regular slow rise yeast.  The next time I grabbed gluten free yeast by mistake and I thought that that was why the dough came out different.  Then tonight I made sure to get some yeast that definitely had gluten in it but it was rapid rise yeast.  My son said the dough again was harder and crackery, LOL.

So, I guess my question is, will the rapid rise yeast make a different textured dough than the regular rise yeast will? 

Thanks so much!

Dessa

Blessings,
Dessa

1:07 am
October 29, 2009


Kelleh

Dyer, TN

Mighty Chicken

posts 123

I honestly can't say one way or another about the yeast. In my experience with rapid rise, whatever I'm baking turns out lighter and fluffier, over regular yeast.

Something you might try, is maybe tossing in an egg and some oill into your pizza dough. I learned to bake from Suzanne's receipes, so I know that adding those two things into dough will make it chewier and less crusty like bread. Maybe that will help you get the consistancy a little less "crackery"! (LOL! I love children.)

1:39 pm
October 29, 2009


Suzanne McMinn

Sassafras Farm in Roane County, WV

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posts 7135

Honestly I can't remember ever seeing a difference in texture between rapid-rise and regular yeast.  (I don't know a thing about gluten-free yeast!)  To me, "crackery" sounds like the pizza was rolled out too thin and got too hard when baking.  Do you remember if there was a difference in how you rolled it out?  And yeah I usually add oil to pizza dough.  It makes it softer.

Clover made me do it.


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