Dad's Saxon Yeast

• 4 ounces hops
• 4 quarts water
• 4 pounds rye flour
• 8 pounds barley flour
• 6 ounces yeast, active dry

1. Boil hops in water for 30 minutes.
2. Strain into a large mixing bowl and set asid e until the mixture has cooled to warm.
3. Add rye flour or rye meal to the mixtur e, mix well, then add yeast and mix thoroughly.
4. Place the mixture in a moderate ly warm room to stand overnight; the following morning should find this mass in a state of fermentation.
5. Add the barley flour to the fermented mixtrue.
6. Mix to form a dough.
7. Roll out an d cut into thin disks.
8. Dry in the open air, away from the sun, and break into s mall pieces for immediate use, remembering that 1 tablespoon equals 1 cake or package of yeast.

hops, water, flour, barley flour, yeast

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/dads-saxon-yeast-41794 (may not work)