Focaccia: the Gateway Bread

An easy foray into baking with yeast

Image credit: author, focaccia topped with sea salt and fresh rosemary

Whenever I mention baking any type of bread, inevitably, someone will say they’ve always wanted to try baking their own bread, but they’re afraid of working with yeast because it “just seems so hard.”

Like any other type of baking or cooking, most yeast breads should turn out well if you simply follow the recipe. Certainly, some…