If I had to pick one bread to bake over and over again, it would be this French bread. It’s the bread that gets torn apart and dunked into soup. The bread that scoops up pasta sauce when the noodles are gone. The bread that shows up warm on the table with a little dish of olive oil and quietly steals the whole meal. Best of all? It’s incredibly beginner-friendly. If you’ve ever thought “I want to bake bread, but yeast intimidates me” (I was this person) this is the recipe