Our Bread Recipe
The first time we tried our bread recipe we added the ½ teaspoon of sugar to the basic recipe we were given, because we found the yeast needs sugar to work. The yeast uses the sugar to perform alcoholic fermentation, a form of anaerobic respiration. From this process, the yeast releases carbon dioxide which makes bubbles of air, and causes the bread to rise. This is important for fluffy bread. We added this in the first step when we combined the dry ingredients which were ¼ cup of flour, ½ teaspoon of sugar, ¼ teaspoon of yeast and a pinch of salt.