Lowney’s – Yeast

Ingredients

• 6 pared potatoes
• ¼ cup hops (approx. 4g)
• 2 quarts water (1.9 litres)
• ½ cup sugar (approx. 100g)
• ¼ cup salt (approx. 70g)
• 1 cup yeast, or 1 yeast cake (approx. 20g dried active yeast)

Method

1. Boil water and hops five minutes.
2. Strain; add grated potatoes; boil five minutes; add sugar and salt; when lukewarm add yeast or yeast cake which has been dissolved in one fourth cup lukewarm water; let rise for six hours; pour into scalded stone jug; cork tightly; keep in cool place.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard