htc
Head Chef
I am thinking of trying to make a loaf of bread (w/ yeast). I have used yeast once or twice in the past and found that my the yeast doesn't rise properly unless I turn the oven on warm, set the bowl on the stove w/ the oven door cracked.
The temp in my apartment is usually in the mid 60s. Is this not warm enough for yeast to rise? I find that with the technique above, dough rises, no problem...but the bottome of the bowl gets hard, kinda like it semi-cooks the dough.
Because of needing to use the oven, I feel like bread making takes all day and I can't leave the house. I don't have a bread machine and don't want one because I wouldn't use it enough...
Thoughts??? Am I doing something wrong maybe? I've only ever made foccocia bread and a cheddar cheese loaf bread.
The temp in my apartment is usually in the mid 60s. Is this not warm enough for yeast to rise? I find that with the technique above, dough rises, no problem...but the bottome of the bowl gets hard, kinda like it semi-cooks the dough.
Because of needing to use the oven, I feel like bread making takes all day and I can't leave the house. I don't have a bread machine and don't want one because I wouldn't use it enough...
Thoughts??? Am I doing something wrong maybe? I've only ever made foccocia bread and a cheddar cheese loaf bread.