Asked on 15 May 2019 by paul ritson
Hello Lindsey,
I did the white bread mix recipe online last week to make the French bread sticks it was nice so I decided to have another go but felt the rise was longer than the time given. So I went back to the recipe in Delia’s book only to see that there is a teaspoon of sugar whereas on line there is not is this an error because thinking about it does not the sugar activate the yeast ?
Kind regards
Paul
Hello Paul,
Thank you for your feedback.
It’s not an error. Delia deliberately omitted the sugar in cookery school versions of white and wholemeal bread.
Yes, sugar will speed up the rise a little if you would prefer to include it.
Kind regards
Lindsey