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 ...

Yeast is perhaps one of the first things you would put in your shopping cart when planning to make a fluffy loaf of homemade bread. But its uses don't stop there. If you've already familiarized ...