Our Favorite Focaccia Bread

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Our Favorite Focaccia Bread Recipe

This focaccia bread recipe is our favorite. It can be similar to making pizza but with less oil in the dough. It’s excellent with soup, stews, or just salad!

Using a pizza paddle dusted with cornmeal makes a wonderful crust! Preheat a pizza stone for this bread.

Using your fingers, make indentations across the top. Drizzle with olive oil or flavored olive oil such as red pepper or garlic – delicious! Add cheese, tomatoes, spinach, fresh rosemary, pistachios, feta cheese – the options are endless!

Always sprinkle sea salt over the top, it’s sweeter than regular salt and healthier than bleached salt.

Slide the Focaccia off the paddle onto the baking stone. Bake for 15-20 minutes until light golden brown. Repeat with the remaining dough. Enjoy!

Our Favorite Focaccia Bread

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• Author: Theresa
• Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
• Yield: 2 15″ Breads 1x

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Makes 2 15″ Focaccia rounds, excellent with soup and salad! We use a baking stone for this bread.

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Ingredients

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2 c. warm water
1 TBSP sea salt
1 TBSP olive oil
4 TBSP sugar or honey
2 1/2 c. (approx) freshly ground hard white wheat or unbleached white flour
1 TBSP instant yeast

Toppings
2 c. shredded parmesan or other cheese
Fresh rosemary
Red pepper oil

Cornmeal (pizza paddle dusting)

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Instructions

1. Place the baking stone into the oven and preheat to 425°. 
2. Add the warm water, honey, and oil to a heavy-duty mixer.
3. Add 1 1/2 c. of the flour and the yeast. Mix for one minute. 
4. At this point, you could let it sit and bubble for a bit to sponge the dough.
5. Add the salt and mix.
6. Add the rest of the flour, and gauge to see if it cleans the bowl. You may need a bit more, and if so, add by TBSP.
7. Mix for 3 minutes on high and check the dough with a gluten stretch. You don’t want to over-mix the dough.
8. Let the dough rest in the mixer for at least 30 minutes.
9. Dust a pizza paddle. Separate into 2 portions and roll into 15″ circles on the paddles. Indent the top with your fingers. Top with oil, salt or other spice, cheese, and fresh rosemary.
10. Slide onto a baking stone and bake 22-25 minutes.

• Prep Time: 45 minutes
• Cook Time: 25 minutes
• Category: Bread
• Method: Baking

Happy Baking!