Bread Machine Focaccia (or Everything Bread)

Focaccia is one of our family favorites. We love cutting it in squares and then slicing each square horizontally for sandwiches. Or just dipping chunks of it in olive oil, vinegar, and fresh ground pepper. Yum.

I used to make this in my KitchenAid with a slightly different recipe, but it's so nice to be able to throw everything in the bread machine so that is usually how I make it now. Just like my muffins, I make mixes for this so it's faster to put together.

Bread Machine Focaccia

For each mix, you'll need:
3 cups unbleached flour
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1/2 teaspoon salt

For each batch of focaccia, you'll need:
1 cup lukewarm water
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 focaccia mix
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Place the water, olive oil, mix, and yeast in your bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select the dough cycle. When it's complete, pour the dough in a greased 9x13" pan. Using your fingers pat it to the edges and then push your fingertips straight down all over the dough to create dimples.

Topping:
Olive oil
Kosher salt
Dried rosemary

Brush the dough with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and more rosemary to taste. Bake at 425 degrees for around 20 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from the pan and place on a cooling rack for a few minutes before cutting.

Everything Bread

Another way we like this bread is to leave the dried rosemary out of the dough and topping and instead top it generously with poppy seeds, sunflower seeds, salt, dried chopped garlic, and sesame seeds.