Fancy a spot of bank holiday baking?

My bread ready for the oven with visible Rosemary sprigs

Over the bank holiday period I decided that it would be fun to make my own bread.  I was really feeling for some fresh bread and began trawling the internet for ideas.  I stumbled upon a recipe for Rosemary Focaccia bread which really tickled my taste buds and I thought would challenge me a little.

Why, oh-why did I choose to make this bread?  It is not that the bread was extremely difficult to make. More the fact that the whole process took almost 6 hours!  Yup that’s right, 6 hours and that’s a whole load of hours to wait for anything.

I am always a little apprehensive when making bread as I don’t want to see it go wrong.  This time, I thought that I would put the experimentation aside, making sure that I have all the ingredients and followed the recipe to a T.

Is there anything more delicious than the smell of fresh bread from the oven?   There was no exception with this bread either. You could especially smell the rosemary in the bread which was so fragrant.

The taste I cannot even describe. It was aromatic, fluffy, salty and olive oily.  It tasted like a pizza base, I loved it and would recommend the recipe!

Just Out Of the oven Rosemary Focaccia Bread