Dried yeast and bread maker

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I have just noticed that the dried yeast I bought says it is not for use in bread makers.
Does any one know why this is and should I just chance it and give it a try??

Yeast for breadmakers tends to be faster acting, I think. You can give it a try but it may not rise much.

Sorry to tell you it wont work!! The sachet stuff is fast acting and processed differently and works for breadmakers.

It will work if you do the following. I made the mistake of buying dried yeast not for a breadmaker. I found that all I had to do was 'activate it.

I take the required amount of yeast, sugar and water as stated in the recipe mix together and leave for 15 minutes. The water has to be warm and give it a couple of good stirs at the beginning and end. Then pour in the breadmaker and put the flour and other ingredients on top. It is very important to put it in in that order.

The water must not be too hot but warm enough to make the yeast grow. I suggest mixing 20% boiling water with 80% room temeperature water. That should produce a 36 degrees centigrade mix about blood heat.

Having discovered this trick I now always use normal yeast in my breadmaker.

Thankyou all, will try that Been but it does sound a bit of a hassle, also I guess I wouldn't be able to use the timer function using that method.
Oh well will just be more carful and read the box next time.

I just use the breadmaker in exactly the same way with the same timings. No other modification required apart from mixing the yeast, sugar and water in a jug first while you have a cup of tea.

Have to admit that it is slightly more hassle than using the special breadmaker yeast but I feel it actually works better.

I followed the advice given here and tried normal dried yeast rather than bread machine yeast - the loaf collapsed during baking. There was a good reason for this - too much yeast - please see quote from a baking website...

One time when you might not want to use instant and active dry yeasts interchangeably is when you're baking bread in a bread machine. Since bread machines use a higher temperature to raise dough, substituting instant for active dry yeast 1:1 may cause bread to over-rise, then collapse. When baking in the bread machine, and substituting instant yeast for active dry, reduce the amount of instant yeast by 25%.