black bread | smitten kitchen
I am baking the recipe above tonight and would like feedback. It asks for 2 cups water with a couple items, including butter, to be melted together. The recipe then calls to mix the warm yeast and melted mixture but I didn't catch where it said to let the melted mixture to cool.
I'd think this would probably kill the yeast and make it not rise well. This appearance of this doesn't seem to indicate a ton of rising is necessary but I don't want it completely dense either. Should I have waited to let the mixture cool to 105-115 prior to mixing?
I am baking the recipe above tonight and would like feedback. It asks for 2 cups water with a couple items, including butter, to be melted together. The recipe then calls to mix the warm yeast and melted mixture but I didn't catch where it said to let the melted mixture to cool.
I'd think this would probably kill the yeast and make it not rise well. This appearance of this doesn't seem to indicate a ton of rising is necessary but I don't want it completely dense either. Should I have waited to let the mixture cool to 105-115 prior to mixing?