Thanks for the freshness test. I usually just cross my fingers or, as others have said, just toss it and buy new. What I've been trying to find out is whether the dry granual machine yeast in a jar should be kept in the fridge. I recently had to replace the bread machine with another one from the thrift shop and no matter what steps I take. I did some pretty stupid things that could have contributed to all of the bread fails. The one I had never gave me any trouble. This last loaf should have come out perfectly but the top of the loaf still collapsed. I'm down to blaming the refrigerated jar of yeast. And where do I find diastatic malt flour?! 3 grocery stores in our town and I can't even find wheat germ or wheat gluten.

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