[Sca-cooks] easy bread recipe?

Adele de Maisieres ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Tue Sep 27 22:00:41 PDT 2005


Terry Decker wrote:
> 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.
Urrrghh... after a bit of hunting, I've found one possible retail 
supplier in another city.  Supermarkets here definitely don't have it.  
I think I'll just stick to the small jars of syrup :-)

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Adele de Maisieres

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