Yeast helps bread rise.
It gives off gas.
Dough gets two times as big.
Up, up, up, up!
Rise, bread, rise! Rise!
Look at the bread.
We bake with a grown-up.
Words to know
- yeast: bread helper
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Yeast Helps Bread Rise
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