Choose Your Own Herbed Focaccia
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour plus additional
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1-1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil plus more for greasing
- 1/2 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1/2 tablespoon dried basil
- Salt & pepper
Instructions
- Combine flour, water, sugar, yeast and teaspoon salt in the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Mix on speed 2 until combined.
- Add extra flour, a couple tablespoons at a time, until dough clings to the hook.
- Knead for an additional 4 minutes on speed 2.
- Remove dough from bowl, grease sides of bowl with olive oil.
- Return dough to bowl, and flip to coat with olive oil.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap, and place in a warm spot to rise for an hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease quarter-sheet pan with olive oil.
- Transfer dough to pan, and stretch to cover bottom of the pan.
- Using fingers, make indents into top of the dough.
- Top with 1 tablespoon olive oil, sprinkle with herbs, salt, and pepper.
- Bake for 25-35 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown.
Notes
Fresh herbs can be used in place of dried. However, you will need to increase the amount from 1/2 tablespoon to 2 tablespoons for each.