Is letting bread rise for the second time really that essential?

[ranchhand]

Little garbanzo, you didn't make bread, but I bet it was a delicious German Sweet Cake!

 

[quercus21]

I have done it both ways, but letting it rise twice seems better. I also don't use "warm" water, just what ever comes out of the tap at the time. In the beginning I was killing the yeast by using "warm" water. We go through about 8 loaves a month this time of the year. We also have a wood stove that helps in the raising.
Kaj

 

[Imp]

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Yumm! unleavened german sweet bread, my favorite.

I'm glad it came out tasting delicious. Sometimes baking with yeast is a bit of an adventure.

Imp

 

[arabianequine]

My bread recipes say to put the sugar in with the yeast and water. You did not mention you did that might be the difference? It is sweet bread so I am sure there was sugar. I think the sugar help the yeast bubble they react to each other in some way.

 

[mylittlechickpea]

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The recipe stated to put the yeast in with the crisco and water. It had me add the sugar to the dry ingredients. I did substitute the crisco for butter because that's what I had. Next time I think I'll add a little bit of sugar with the yeast, and melt the butter in a seperate dish before having them all together..

It was absolutely delicious despite the lack of a rise, next time I won't bake in a hurry, and everyone said it was great!



Thanks for all the input everyone and I'll certainly let you know how the next batch goes. I definately suggest this one to everyone to try out. As I said in the first post it was from the recipes tab on the BYC homepage