# Same-day Focaccia

This is a beginner-friendly same-day focaccia recipe that serves as a base dough for various uses.

- Total time: 214 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 g white bread flour
- 390 ml warm water
- 15 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 6 g instant yeast
- 5 g honey, sugar or agave
- 10 g fine sea salt
- Extra virgin olive oil to line pan and drizzle
- Flaky sea salt to finish
- Toppings of choice (rosemary, olives, peppers, onions, jalapeños, cheese etc)

## Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, add warm water, honey, extra virgin olive oil, instant yeast, and whisk that together.
2. Once whisked, add in bread flour and fine sea salt, then stir together really well until mixed.
3. Scrape down the bowl and cover it up for 15 minutes.
4. Wet your hand, then grab the dough and pull it over itself about 8 times around the bowl until the dough has tightened up into a ball-like shape.
5. Cover the dough again for 15 minutes.
6. Repeat the stretch and folds once more.
7. Cover and rest the dough for an hour to an hour and a half at room temperature.
8. Line a 9x13 metal baking tray with nonstick parchment paper and coat the paper with 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
9. Tip the dough into the tray and fold it into thirds.
10. Rotate the dough and then flip it over.
11. Cover with another tray or with some oiled parchment paper and let it sit at room temperature for an hour to an hour and a half.
12. Preheat oven to 220C/430F, place oven rack in lowest position.
13. Spread the dough to the edges of the tray.
14. If using rosemary, sprinkle that over first, then drizzle over some olive oil and dimple the dough.
15. Push any additional toppings into the dimples.
16. Add some flaky sea salt.
17. Bake for 18 to 24 minutes in the lowest rack of your oven.
18. Transfer the focaccia to a cooling rack, wait at least 15 minutes, then cut in and enjoy.

## Equipment

- large mixing bowl
- baking tray
- parchment paper
- cooling rack

## Tips

- Start with 390ml water and add more if needed to achieve desired dough consistency.
- Place the oven rack in the lowest position for baking to help the bottom of the bread crisp up.
- Wait at least 15 minutes after baking before cutting into the focaccia.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRncdewr/
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- Extracted: 2026-05-26

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