Breads

I’ve saved the best for last. In the following pages you’ll find twenty-five bread recipes that partner with the preceding soups to make a complete meal. I start with thirteen tips and some troubleshooting to up your baking game. Then we’ll explore the fastest breads of all, the flat ones. From a delightfully easy-to-work-with, yogurt-based dough in Quick Flatbread with Three Toppings to the soulful goodness of Homemade Corn Tortillas, flat is the new black.

You don’t have to get out the rolling pin to make great bread, though. There’s a range of savory soda breads and skillet breads, such as Blue Corn and Maple Skillet Bread and Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomato Scones, which are simple mix-and-go recipes. There are also savory muffins and one-bowl biscuits like Quinoa, Apple, and Cheddar Muffins, Everything Rye Muffins, and Pimento Cheese Drop Biscuits that are so easy to make, even the most baking-phobic cook can master them with ease.