Yeast is yeast

[gilbear]

I was given a bag of instant yeast. Every recipe that I have calls for packets of dry, or cakes of compressed. Does anyone have a convenient method of transcribing packets of dry to tsps of instant? Thanks very much.

[kokopuffs]

Which instant yeast are you using?

Although I'm not a baker just a baker-wannabe, the ratio of instant yeast to flour is approx. 1/2 tsp instant yeast per cup of flour.

[KyleW]

Instant yeast contains about 25% more live yeast cells than active dry yeast. You can use 25% less instant yeast in recipes calling for active dry.

[thebighat]

1 oz fresh times .4 is active dry
1 oz fresh times .33 is instant

[kokopuffs]

Oops, I made a mistake. That's 1/2 tsp instant years per cup of flour - not 1 tsp. It's been corrected in my post above.

[gilbear]

Kokopuffs, thanks for the update. I believe that you have saved from from Lucy Bread!