I have often said that I could live on bread, cheese and wine (if need be). I’ve been hesitant about baking bread, in particular because I’ve had little experience with yeast.
During the bitter cold, windy and icy winter days, I spent time on Pinterest and discovered several recipes that looked interesting. Today I gathered all the ingredients and decided to go for it. After all, what’s the worst that could happen? If it’s inedible, I can throw it out…..
Using this recipe, https://bakerbettie.com/easy-no-knead-skillet-bread/ I added garlic powder and poppy seeds to the top just before baking. The rosemary called for in the recipe was easy as I grow and dry it at the end of each summer. While Bettie’s recipe used a round cast iron skillet, mine is square and I went in the direction of a foccacia. The whole house was filled with the aroma of baking bread – reward enough for my effort.
Ready to bake 
Just out of the oven 
Onto my cutting board 
Just look at that rosemary baked into this delicious bread.
The most difficult thing in this whole process?
Waiting until it cooled enough to cut through the crunchy outer crust, slicing off a chunk and slathering butter on it. In the end, it was even better than I anticipated!
I can now add bread baking to my cooking resume!
