[Sca-cooks] easy bread recipe?

[Terry Decker]

Diamalt is diastatic malt, a type of powdered barley malt.  Diastatic malt 
helps break down starches to sugars and helps feed the yeast.

Malt can also be non-diastatic, in which case, it is strictly used as a 
sweetener.

I can assure you that diamalt is available in New Zealand, but it may be 
limited to baking supply houses and large groceries with a large selection 
of baking supplies, which is where I find it in Oklahoma.

Bear


>> You might also try 1 to 2 teaspoons of diamalt.  It works the same, isn't 
>> sticky and doesn't leave you with leftover malt extract.
>
> I'm not familiar with that product-- I suspect it's not available in NZ. 
> I _can_ buy malt extract in small jars, though, so having leftovers isn't 
> really an issue.
>
> Adele de Maisieres