Easy Focaccia Bread with Homemade Italian Seasoning
A quick and easy no knead recipe for focaccia bread with homemade Italian seasoning
Ingredients
Italian Seasoning
- 2 tsp oregano dried
- 1/2 tsp thyme dried
- 1/2 tsp basil dried
- 1/2 tsp rosemary dried
- 1/4 tsp marjoram dried
Focaccia
- 3 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cup warm water
- 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast 1 packet
- 7 tbsp olive oil divided
- 3 tbsp grated Parmesan
- 1 1/2 tsp coarse sea salt
Instructions
Italian Seasoning
- Mix the oregano, thyme, basil, rosemary, and marjoram together in a small dish. Crush lightly with your fingers. Set aside.
Focaccia
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, stir together the flour, salt, yeast, and 1 tbsp of Italian seasoning.
- Prepare the warm water to about 105 degrees. I use a microwave, a heatproof measuring cup, and an instant read thermometer for this.
- Make a small well in the middle of your dry ingredients with your fingers. This will be where you add your liquid ingredients.
- Add the water and 3 tbsp olive oil to the dry ingredients.
- Using the paddle attachment, mix the dough together until completely combined, about four minutes. The dough will be very sticky and elastic. NOTE: Make sure to stop occasionally to scrape down the sides and up from the bottom with a spatula to ensure your dough ingredients are completely mix.
- Pour 2 tbsp olive oil onto a 9x13 rimmed cookie sheet or jelly roll pan. Using your fingers, coat the entire bottom of the pan with the oil.
- Scoop the dough out of the bowl and place it onto the prepared baking tray.
- Slowly work the dough out into the corners of the pan. Stretch it as much as you can, but be careful not to rip it. Push the dough out from the center to maintain an even thickness.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature for one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees as you near the end of the rise time.
- Remove the plastic wrap and “dimple” the surface of your dough. You can accomplish this by holding both hands over the surface of the dough and gently poking it with your fingers, back and forth.
- Drizzle the last 2 tbsp of olive oil over the top of the dough.
- Sprinkle the remaining Italian seasoning over the dough.
- Sprinkle the grated Parmesan cheese on top using a large spoon.
- Finish off by sprinkling with coarse sea salt.
- Bake the bread until it is golden brown, about 20-25 minutes.
- Remove the focaccia from the oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes before removing it to a wire rack.
- Cut when completely cool.