A yeast bread is a bread
A) leavened with air, steam, and/or carbon dioxide generated from baking soda or baking powder.
B) leavened with only carbon dioxide created from an acidic reaction from food.
C) made with a sourdough starter that is allowed to brew for a week before baking.
D) made with yeast, which produces carbon dioxide gas through the process of fermentation.

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Yeast bread is made with yeast as a leavening agent, which ferments the sugars in the dough, producing carbon dioxide gas. This gas gets trapped in the dough, causing it to rise.

A Yeast Bread Is a Bread