Yeast Conversions

If you find an additive-free brand of dried active yeast, or simply can’t get hold of fresh, then calculate the amount you need by dividing a recipe’s fresh yeast weight in half. If you find an additive-free brand of instant yeast (good luck!), then dividing the fresh yeast recipe weight by three is about right. Note that these calculations don’t hold exactly true if baking in quantity so, as ever, have an experiment to see what happens.