why is yeast added to bread dough and the dough covered with a cloth and alone for a few hours before baking?

Answer 1

Yeast helps the bread rise and be airy. Without, bread would be flat and like a cracker almost.

Usually, people cover the bread dough with a warm, moist cloth because heat helps the bread rise. The moist cloth also prevents the dough from drying out while waiting for the dough to rise.

Answer 2

Hi BluegirlDenise,
There are different types of bread,
flatbread.....flour, salt and water nothing to make it rise.

quickbreads.....uses flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and sugar, spices bananas etc..depending on the recipe....

yeast breads.....flour, salt, cake yeast or instant yeast, or sourdough starter, sugar or honey, warm water......seeds like rye, poppy or sesame....dried fruits....

the first group of breads flatbreads are make simple with a few ingredients and most of the time no yeast is used to make it puff up.

Second the quick breads use baking soda or baking powder to make the bread rise if these were not used the bread would be like a big glob heavy and not very tasty.

Third the yeast breads use different kinds of yeasts. Yeasts are living things spores that are alive in nature... that when come in contact with water and sugar...it forms a bubbly mixture that when mixed with the flour and other ingredients cause the dough to expand...some recipes call to let the dough rise two times. It causes certain changes to take place in the dough's structure due to the nature of the flour and other ingredients.

You know when people cook dried beans they soak them in water overnight and it breaks down the structure of the bean....so it cooks faster. Well, it's something like that how things change with the mixture of the bread ingredients...

I hope this helps I'm not a scientist just a housewife...but enjoy cooking and baking....

Have a great weekend...
Hugs from Mama Jazzy Geri

Answer 3

The yeast makes bread rise. it gives it those little pockets of air you see in the slices. As for the cloth...yeast will grow in size in a warm moist place, so a baker (or anyone actually) will put a moist warm towel over it to give it a push. The yeast starts to eat the sugars in the bread and it will create air pockets. Then the bread stretches from the gluten(the sticky stuff in flour) It makes bread soft and fluffy if you let it rise properly.

Answer 4

yeast is added to the dough so the bread will rise otherwise it will be flat,also u cover it in a warm spot in order to let the yeast blend in with the bread dough and so it will rise alot more faster and easier.

Answer 5

The yeast makes bread upward push. it supplies it those little wallet of air you spot interior the slices. As for the fabric...yeast will advance in length in a heat moist place, so a baker (or all of us certainly) will positioned a humid heat towel over it to furnish it a push. The yeast starts off to devour the sugars interior the bread and it will create air wallet. Then the bread stretches from the gluten(the sticky stuff in flour) It makes bread delicate and fluffy in case you permit it upward push appropriate.

Answer 6

The yeast produces carbon dioxide as it converts sugar to alcohol. This makes the bread rise giving it a lighter texture. Without it you would bake a brick.

Answer 7

To rise, and it must rise twice. Once in bulk and then in the bread pans.

Answer 8

so you can tell its active yeast which means rise

Answer 9

To make it fluffy. Otherwise, it would look and taste flat :)

xxx

Answer 10

so it can rise