I've read all of Peter Reinhart's books on making bread and I cannot find anywhere in the books of his that I have what you mentioned above. Where did you read that?

This does not make sense, you cannot culture totally dead yeast. It does get heated after being grown on the medium but it cannot be before, or any fermentation happening would be from wild microbes. Also, if you were just toasting bread yeast that would get pretty expensive in comparison to buying nutrional yeast. It is also not fkakey... That cannot be the process.

Hey!
I've tried to make it with instant dry yeast as I couldn't find active in the store.... but it hasn't really worked for me. How long does it normally take on the skillet? Is there another step I should introduce before I 'kill' the yeast?
Thanks for your time

Indeed, you could make beer. But the hops in the trub would give it an off flavor, however there are youtube videos on "washing yeast" to reharvest for another batch of beer. Presumably you could put this on a cookie sheet and toast on an oven's lowest setting to get rid of the moisture. And if you do grow your own yeast, you really do want to "wash it" since any process that ferments quickly will produce congeners and various compounds that are not healthy. I imagine a 2 month aging process would be overkill and uneccessary, further, since there is no wort to be concerned with you could oxygenate with an aquarium pump without having to worry about oxidation. I'm going to try this eventually. Yeast needs oxygen to grow initially, and a little throughout fermentation. If you use a yeast that floats, you may be able to reuse the same solution over and over so that you are not wasting sugars. idk

Thank you for this timely 'recipe' for nutritional yeast. Simple, easy, cheap!!! May the Lord bless you richly for your endeavors.

I smells yeasty, it tastes yeasty on it's own, however it does give a cheesy flavor when mixed into things.

Thank you so much! for this information your kindness of sharing will never be forgotten I am a Mom of 7 too with 5 still in the nest I have a catering business and a big Vegan party to do and I was raised with the same values ''make do and share may God continue blessing you and your family thank you so much I have a life time tip for you burnt toast/activated charcoal is good for stomach aches, diarrhea, bee stings, food poisoning, and acne it pulls toxins out of your system with no side effects. In the store you will pay about $10.00 for 100 capsules or you can burn toast to keep on hand. It is the Amen in my family and the little ones eat it like it's nothing. Sometimes I put the capsules in grape juice you don't have to use the whole capsule you can open it up and sprinkle some on top of the juice but it works fast!

What is the idea of burning toast? It does not contain that much yeast

Thank you so much for this... I have some really old dry yeast and will give it a try. It's good to know, because nutricional yeast is not very cheap... Thanks!

Thank you, I have just learned something very useful today my questiion answered at last.

How do you get the yeast to flake?

Thank you for this easy recipe!

I wonder the same idea.

Can i use this nutritional yeast for making vegan mozzarela?

Hey there! Did it work for you? Making the yeast flakes as said above?

I live in a country where this strand of yeast is not widely available but if this methods works I will order the yeast online to cook up to make yeast flakes (super expensive to buy here too).

Thanks in advance!

One additional tip is you should serve vegans store bought nutritional yeast and not this variety. The store bought nutritional yeast is fortified with B12 vitamins that vegans generally do not get enough of. Making yeast this way will give you the flavor so it's fine for meat eaters, but please give fortified nutritional yeast to vegans.

Can you consume to much of this yeast in a single day.
Also it said that you can use this yeast in recipes an also in mashed potatoes an on cookies an crackers an it will help if you have acheing joints an lower back pain, an that after a couple of months you have consederably less pain, do you know if this is true also.

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Also you freaking rock for sharing this recipe!! I'm a vegan and line i
Outside a small village in central Mexico where there is not a hope of finding such things... And I really want to make things like cheese !!!! You my dear are an angel!! Loads of love! PS I will look you up on face book!!

Heidi, That depends on the temperature your dehydrator can reach. Yeast will completely die (deactivate) at temperatures over 140 degrees Fahrenheit. But the process will be much faster on a stovetop.
My guess is that browning it slightly also adds to the savory flavor, and the dehydrator is unlikely to brown the yeast.

Firstly, I don't think the yeast is intended to be cultured after it is deactivated, but before, which makes sense.

I used to brew beer. For a long time yeast was harvested by scooping up the froth during fermentation and letting the water evaporate , leaving the yeast. Then the enterprising medieval (or older) brewerwould sell the excess yeast to bakers!

You don't have to make "beer" to do this... just toss some yeast into sugar water and let it sit for few days. Then pour off as much liquid as possible and dry out the yeast "sludge" (yum!).

I think the flakiness of store-bought yeast is acheived/could be approximated by drying a fairly thin layer of the yeast...stuff... on a cookie sheet with parment paper in the oven until completely dry.

Then just crumble and store in a dry, airtight jar.

can I use a sour dough starter discard to make nutritional yeast?