Deliciously Easy Garlic Herb Focaccia

Make focaccia in an hour. Or a little longer if your bread machine doesn't have a pizza cycle. Also great as a pizza dough! I personally use 2 cups unbleached bread flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour. As with most recipes I have created - they are a base on which to build.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 225 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 3 cups bread flour
• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• ½ teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
• ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 6 cloves garlic, crushed, or more to taste
• 3 tablespoons very warm water
• 1 cup very warm water
• ½ teaspoon herbes de Provence, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon olive oil, bread flour, white sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, and active dry yeast, respectively, in the pan of a bread machine. Select pizza cycle; press Start.

Step 2

Combine crushed garlic and 1/3 cup olive oil in a small bowl. Set aside to let it steep, about 30 minutes.

Step 3

Combine Parmesan cheese, parsley, onion powder, and herbes de Provence in another small bowl.

Step 4

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a large rimmed baking sheet with olive oil.

Step 5

Deflate dough and turn out into the baking sheet. Stretch dough gently out to 1/2-inch thickness, using your fingers to make dimples that will hold the toppings.

Step 6

Pour garlic and oil mixture onto dough and spread it evenly over the dough and edges with your hands. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese mixture evenly on top. Sprinkle dough with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Step 7

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer from the baking sheet to a rack. Let cool, 5 minutes. Cut into squares with a pizza cutter.