Ask most home bakers what yeast does, and you'll probably hear that it makes bread rise. That's like saying a computer lets you type — it's true, but it's also a lot more than that. Yeast is a living ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boxes of Fleischmann's yeast sit stacked on top of one another at a grocery store. - The Toidi/Shutterstock Yeast is certainly a ...

The secret to a good rise, even in cold temperatures. If you're watching the clock, waiting for your bread dough to rise, but there's little to nothing happening, cold temperatures may be to blame.

Today's first recipe is an old-fashioned American one for salt-rising bread. According to the Cook's and Diner's Dictionary, this bread "depends for rising on the fermentation of a mixture of salt, ...