I didn't dissolve my yeast and did have variable results, but my bread did rise. It just rose more with bloomed yeast. Martin's recipe for oatmeal bread said to let the bread proof until it rises an inch and a half over the top of the loaf pan; that didn't happen until I used bloomed yeast. I have a 2lb. bag of Red Star active dry yeast purchased from Costco during the pandemic that I am still going through!

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