Earlier this week we featured 5 fabulous focaccia recipes from a few of our favourite food blogger/photographers/stylists. Today we’re sharing an Easy Focaccia Bread Recipe where, all you need is (a lot of) olive oil, some focaccia toppings, one hour to rise, and 25 minutes to bake. Also included is a list of 40 Focaccia Topping Ideas to help get you started.

40 Focaccia Topping Ideas

Before you begin check out this list of 40 focaccia topping ideas. We recommend choosing a maximum of three toppings per focaccia loaf :

1. Apples, thinly sliced
2. Artichokes
3. Asparagus
4. Bacon
5. Blue cheese
6. Capers
7. Caramelized onions
8. Cheddar, grated
9. Cherry tomatoes
10. Chiles, dried or fresh
11. Chives
12. Dukkah
13. Eggplant, roasted
14. Everything Bagel Spice
15. Flaky sea salt
16. Fresh herbs
17. Garlic, raw or roasted
18. Genoa Salami
19. Goat cheese
20. Grapes
21. Herb oil
22. Leeks
23. Lemon zest
24. Mozzarella, grated
25. Olives, pitted
26. Parmesan
27. Pears, thinly sliced
28. Pine nuts
29. Prosciutto
30. Pumpkin, roasted
31. Red onion
32. Red pepper, roasted
33. Ricotta
34. Sausage, cooked, crumbled
35. Sautéed mushrooms
36. Sesame seeds
37. Smoked salmon
38. Sour cherries
39. Sun dried tomatoes
40. Za’atar

Easy Focaccia Recipe

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• Author: Kelly Neil
• Prep Time: 1 hour 15 mins (includes 1 hour rise)
• Cook Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 1 hour 40 mins
• Yield: 12 servings
• Category: Bread
• Method: Baking

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Description

A super simple focaccia bread recipe that comes together quickly that you can customize with your favorite toppings.

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Ingredients

3 cups flour

1 Tablespoon rapid rise yeast

1 1/4 cup hot tap water

2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon sugar

3/4 cup olive oil, divided

Focaccia toppings of choice

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Instructions

In a large bowl mix flour and yeast.

Mix hot water, salt, and sugar until salt  and sugar dissolve. Add 1/2 cup olive oil to hot water and pour everything into bowl with flour and yeast.

Mix everything together with your hands until all dried bits of flour are incorporated into one dough ball.

Lightly sprinkle countertop with flour. Knead dough 40 times, adding more flour if necessary. Grease bowl with 1 teaspoon olive oil, place dough ball into bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for one hour.

Preheat oven to 425ºF.

When one hour is up, pour half of remaining 1/4 cup of olive oil onto a baking sheet. Punch down dough ball and place on sheet, moving around to grease underside with olive oil. Drizzle top of dough with remaining oil and spread out gently with hands to a thickness of 1-inch.

Press on dough hard enough with your fingers to leave imprints all over. Add focaccia toppings, and bake 23-25 minutes, or until golden.

Notes

See our list of 40 Focaccia Topping Ideas – we recommend using a maximum of three toppings per focaccia loaf.

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