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The baker mixed yeast in the dough and kept it away for the night , The next morning it had risen high up , Explain how this happened

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In bread making (or special yeasted cakes), the yeast organisms expel carbon dioxide as they feed off of sugars. As the dough rises and proofs, carbon dioxide is formed; this is why the dough volume increases.

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