OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaYeast is a type of fungus that is so tiny you need a microscope to see even one! A single drop of bread dough can have millions of yeast living in it. Even though yeast is super small, it is a giant helper in the kitchen.
- When you mix yeast into bread dough, something magical happens.
- The yeast starts eating the sugar in the dough, and as it munches away, it burps out tiny bubbles of gas!
- Those little bubbles get trapped inside the dough and make it puff up bigger and bigger.
- That is why bread dough rises and gets so soft and fluffy.
- Without yeast, our bread would be flat and hard like a cracker!
- Yeast also helps make pizza dough, cinnamon rolls, and soft pretzels.
