Overheard a baker say room temp water is a lie for instant yeast, tried it this morning

She said the package says 110-115F for a reason and my tap water was probably 68F, so I microwaved a cup for 20 seconds and the dough rose in 45 minutes instead of 2 hours. Has anyone else been skipping the thermometer and wondering why their loaves take forever?

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henry1965d ago

Man, same thing happened to me last week and I felt like an idiot for not just warming the water up sooner!