Substitute for Yeast

Ingredients

• 2 ripe bananas or plantins
• 1 tablespoonful of brown sugar
• J oz. flour
• and pint tepid water

Method

1. 1

   Mash the bananas or plantains with brown sugar and flour.

2. 2

   Mix well in a warm place and expose to warm air for a few minutes.

3. 3

   Bottle tightly in a ginger-beer bottle and let it stand for 48 hours in a warm place.

4. 4

   Use this quantity for about 1 quartern of flour and strain it carefully into the centre of the flour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Instruction in cookery (Methuen's text-books, Thompson) (1908) by A. P. Thompson, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

substitute for yeast in countries where it is difficult to procure and keep yeast. In Canada a patent compressed yeast is used, and there are also yeast powders to be obtained from many grocers. People get very tired of soda bread and baking-powder bread, and the following recipe is quiet satisfactory : Mash 2 ripe bananas or plantins with 1 tablespoonful of brown sugar, J oz. flour, and \ pint tepid water

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.