Make a simple delicious loaf of white bread right from your own kitchen that comes together in under two hours. There is nothing like homemade bread. The smell, the taste and the reward from making it ...

Knead into a soft smooth dough and layer the dough with oil and let it rest for 2 hours. Now to incorporate garlic, in a bowl beat butter with oil, finely chopped garlic, oregano and chili flakes.

Yeasts are a key ingredient in baking bread and fermenting many dishes, but as living things, they don't last forever. Here's how to tell if yours expired.

Boxes of Fleischmann's yeast sit stacked on top of one another at a grocery store. - The Toidi/Shutterstock I started shopping at Aldi when I took a pay cut, and now it's my go-to store.

Although often used in conjunction in recipes (and stocked right next to each other in most grocery stores), half-and-half and heavy cream are not quite the same thing. You might use them ...

The same applies to the term "baker's yeast"—sometimes it's used for brewer's yeast while others use it means active dry yeasts used to make bread rise. Because the names can be confusing, store your ...

Yeast infections on the scalp are caused by an overgrowth of fungal organisms. Candida is the yeast that most often infects the scalp. The problem can also be caused by Malassezia, a yeast that often ...

For the spelt bread, put the flour, sugar and salt into a large bowl or a food mixer fitted with a dough hook. Pour 200ml/7fl oz of the water into a jug and sprinkle over the yeast, mixing to combine.

Put the flours, salt and yeast into a large bowl ... and then make an indent in the side of the bread. The indent should spring back about half way. If the indent just stays there and does ...

Laura Young, MD, is a board-certified OB-GYN. She currently works as a laborist. Yeast infections are not sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but it's possible to transmit one to a partner ...