# Focaccia bread

A recipe for delicious focaccia bread, perfect for making sandwiches.

- Total time: 195 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1.75 cup warm water
- 2 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 3 cups bread flour
- 2 teaspoons salt
- extra olive oil
- rosemary
- flaky sea salt

## Instructions

1. Add one and three-quarters cup of warm water, two teaspoons of instant yeast, about a tablespoon of olive oil, and about a teaspoon of honey to a bowl.
2. Whisk the ingredients together.
3. Incorporate two cups of bread flour (or all-purpose flour).
4. Mix the dough.
5. Add two teaspoons of salt.
6. Add a third cup of flour and mix again.
7. Cover the dough and let it sit for 15 minutes.
8. Wet your hand and perform a set of four stretch and folds on the dough.
9. Cover the dough and let it sit for another 15 minutes.
10. Wet your hands and perform another set of stretch and folds.
11. Cover the dough and let it rest for about an hour to an hour and a half.
12. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and add lots of olive oil, spreading it evenly.
13. Dump the dough onto the prepared cookie sheet.
14. Gently stretch and fold the dough over itself a few times.
15. Cover the dough, possibly with another pan or parchment paper, and let it spread out on its own for another hour.
16. Help the dough spread out evenly on the cookie sheet if it hasn't fully spread on its own.
17. Add extra olive oil as a topping.
18. Add rosemary as a topping.
19. Add flaky sea salt as a topping.
20. Preheat the oven to 440 degrees Fahrenheit.
21. Bake the focaccia in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.

## Equipment

- bowl
- cookie sheet
- parchment paper
- pan
- oven

## Tips

- If you don't have bread flour, use all-purpose flour.
- Keep hands wet for stretch and folds.
- Slightly undercook the focaccia if you plan to make sandwiches with it.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/990326820237935/?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e
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- Extracted: 2026-04-19

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