Herbs can be used with sweet breads as well. Add fresh lavender blooms or a few leaves to your favorite sweet breads, such as Sally Lunn. You can also add any of the lemon herbs to bread, cake and cookie recipes.

Here are a few easy recipes to try:

Easy Herb Pizza

Mix the dough according to box directions but BEFORE adding liquid mix in the herbs, garlic and cheese. Mix and form into a loose ball with your hands that you've coated in Olive Oil. Let it rest 5-10 minutes. Press into two 12 inch pizza pans-half for each one. Top with sauce, toppings and cheese. Bake at 450 degrees until the cheese is melted and bubbly.

Herbed Croutons

For every 2-3 cups of cubed bread, drizzle olive oil over the cubes and sprinkle with about 2 tablespoons of minced herbs (or 1 tablespoon dried) on a cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees, stirring and watching often, about every 5 minutes until crispy. Use in salads and soups.

Easy Focaccia

Preheat oven according to crust directions. Drizzle the crust with olive oil, sprinkle with a tablespoon of minced herbs. Rosemary also works well by itself but use sparingly! Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake. This can be used with a meal, or as a snack.

Another Easy Focaccia!

Mini Focaccia

Heat oven to 400 degrees. In blender container combine basil, thyme, garlic, salt, pepper and oil. Cover; blend until finely chopped, scraping down sides if necessary. Separate dough into 10 biscuits. On ungreased cookie sheets, press each biscuit into a 3-inch circle. Make several indentations with fingers in tops of biscuits. Spread about 1 teaspoon basil mixture evenly over each biscuit. Sprinkle each biscuit evenly with cheese. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown. Serve warm.

Herbed Angel Biscuits

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix yeast and warm water; set aside. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, herbs, baking soda and salt. With fork, mix in oil until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in reserved yeast mixture and enough buttermilk to form a soft dough. (use extra if necessary). Shape dough into a ball; place on floured board. Roll out to 1 inch thickness and cut with a 2 inch floured cutter. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake 10-15 minutes or until light golden brown.

These are easy recipes to start you on your way to using herbs with bread, but be sure to try your own combinations and experiment with your favorite recipes!