Harriet Vane Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I am making my great-grandmother's traditional Polish kolacky cookie recipe. I look forward to these cookies every year at Christmas. The recipe calls for "one cake yeast." That means one little butter-stick-thingey of fresh yeast from the refrigerator section of the store. However, I have been all over, to multiple stores, and cannot find any. I have to bake these tonight to be ready for tomorrow's party. The recipe requires the cook to cut the yeast into a cup of flour with a pastry cutter or two forks. Once the dough is assembled it is chilled overnight in the refrigerator. Does anyone know how I would go about substituting dry granulated yeast?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 From my King Arthur cookbook, pg 128 of the 200th Anniversary Cookbook: "One cake of compressed yeast which weighs a bit more than 1/2 an ounce, can be used in place of 1 scant tablespoon or 1 packet of active dry yeast." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacus2 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 http://www.realbakingwithrose.com/2005/12/yeast_conversion.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 From my King Arthur cookbook, pg 128 of the 200th Anniversary Cookbook: "One cake of compressed yeast which weighs a bit more than 1/2 an ounce, can be used in place of 1 scant tablespoon or 1 packet of active dry yeast." Yep, this is what the interwebs tells me. 1 cake yeast = 1 packet of active dry yeast which = 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast (or one scant tablespoon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Where do you get cake yeast ?!? I can't find it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 Bless you and thank you!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 Where do you get cake yeast ?!? I can't find it here. I only see it at the holidays in the refrigerator section of the grocery store. This year I couldn't find any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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