Herbed Focaccia Bread
By: The Farmers Wife
Published: Friday, March 4, 2011 - 2:17pm

Ingredients




Dough:
3/4 cup Water
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 cups All Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Dried Oregano
1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
Dash of Dried Basil
1 1/2 teaspoons Yeast (I like Red Star Brand Active Dry)
Topping:
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
1 clove Large of Garlic, minced
Dash of Fresh Ground Pepper
 cup Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese
Sprinkle of fresh or dried Parsley

Preparation

1 Place dough ingredients in bread machine, in order listed or as recommended by your manufacturer. 2 Use your machines dough setting. 3 Grease a 12-14 inch rectangle pan, using your hands gently stretch the dough and press it evenly into the pan. 4 Cover and let rise in a warm oven for about 30-45 minutes until doubled in size. *Tip to warm your oven, turn it on to 200F degrees for 1-2 minutes, then shut off and place pan in there, take the bread out before preheating the oven.* 5 Once the dough has risen, remove from the oven, and preheat to 400F degrees. 6 With 2 fingers, poke holes all over the dough. 7 In a medium bowl, combine olive oil, garlic and pepper; drizzle evenly over the top of the dough. 8 Sprinkle with the cheese and parsley. 9 Bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden. 10 Remove from the oven, and you can cut it into squares are tear off wedges, serve warm. Once cooled, wrap in plastic or foil. The bread will stay fresh for 2-3 days stored at room temp.

About


This is a pretty basic version of Focaccia Bread, but seriously packed with flavor! You can totally mix it up and add sun dried tomatoes, or roasted peppers, or pretty much whatever you want! I can't express enough just how much we enjoyed this bread. It was a really nice change from our normal Garlic bread!