Timeline for My grandmother's recipe for cookies from the 50s or 60s calls for a 5 cent cake of yeast. How many ounces is a 5 cent yeast cake?
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| Jan 10, 2023 at 18:38 | comment | added | David Smith | My Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking School Cookbook, 1923, has numerous recipes for cookies made with sour milk and soda and others made with milk and baking powder. I was unable to find a single cookie made with yeast. I suspect that your recipe makes what would be called a cake by most people, and legally a cake in the UK, where tax laws distinguish cakes from biscuits. | |
| Jan 10, 2023 at 18:22 | comment | added | David Smith | Cake yeast has moisture and dry yeast is dry. A small cake of yeast is the amount for a loaf of bread and usually weighs 0.6 ounces. An envelope of active dry yeast is also the amount for a loaf of bread and weighs about 0.25 ounces, or about one-third as much as a small cake of yeast. Newer forms of dry yeast are more active and less might be needed for a cookie recipe. | |
| Dec 22, 2022 at 9:29 | history | edited | Stephie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 22, 2022 at 7:22 | history | answered | Stephie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |