Deliciously Easy Garlic Herb Focaccia

  4.8 – 21 reviews  • Flat Bread Recipes

We’re making Korean-style barbecue beef short ribs, but instead of using Korean barbecue sauce, we’re going to use a traditional Japanese teriyaki marinade, which is not only incredibly simple but also fantastic on this cut of beef. I topped my ribs with green onions, cilantro, or cilantro flowers, and served them over rice and coleslaw.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Additional Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup very warm water
  2. 3 tablespoons very warm water
  3. 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  4. 3 cups bread flour
  5. 1 teaspoon white sugar
  6. 1 teaspoon salt
  7. 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
  8. 6 cloves garlic, crushed, or more to taste
  9. ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  10. 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  11. 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  12. ½ teaspoon onion powder
  13. ½ teaspoon herbes de Provence, or more to taste
  14. salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Place 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon olive oil, bread flour, white sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, and active dry yeast, respectively, in the pan of a bread machine. Select pizza cycle; press Start.
  2. Combine crushed garlic and 1/3 cup olive oil in a small bowl. Set aside to let it steep, about 30 minutes.
  3. Combine Parmesan cheese, parsley, onion powder, and herbes de Provence in another small bowl.
  4. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a large rimmed baking sheet with olive oil.
  5. Deflate dough and turn out into the baking sheet. Stretch dough gently out to 1/2-inch thickness, using your fingers to make dimples that will hold the toppings.
  6. Pour garlic and oil mixture onto dough and spread it evenly over the dough and edges with your hands. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese mixture evenly on top. Sprinkle dough with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  7. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer from the baking sheet to a rack. Let cool, 5 minutes. Cut into squares with a pizza cutter.
  8. Substitute Romano cheese for the Parmesan if desired.
  9. Substitute and Italian herb blend for the herbes de Provence if preferred.
  10. If your machine doesn’t have a pizza cycle, select dough cycle.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 225 kcal
Carbohydrate 26 g
Cholesterol 6 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 7 g
Saturated Fat 2 g
Sodium 311 mg
Sugars 1 g
Fat 10 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Erin Peck
Made it. Love it!
Jennifer Mccarthy
Easy and flavorful! I made a half batch to sample the recipe before I make it for a family gathering, and it did not disappoint! I think this will be replacing all the store bought garlic breads I’m accustomed to throwing in the oven on a pasta night. I’ll be making many more batches, and freezing in food saver bags for the quick reheat on a busy weeknight
Sabrina Torres
This recipe is absolutely delicious! This is the first time I have ever made focaccia. It is better than the focaccia at my favorite Italian restaurant which they make fresh there. My bread machine does not have a pizza setting, so I used the Leaven Dough setting, as opposed to just the regular Dough setting. It was so perfect! I suggest when you take the dough out of the machine to stretch into your baking pan, just put some olive oil on your hands. This is a sticky dough. I also chopped some fresh rosemary on top because I grow a bush in the garden. Fresh herbs is great! I baked mine for only 15 minutes, just keep an eye on it because all ovens are different. This bread is so delicious, I made the mistake of offering some to my friend who loved it so much, I had to send the entire loaf home with him. That’s ok, I have the machine!
Aaron Gates
I can’t believe I haven’t rated this, as I have used this recipe so many times. It is always a hit. sometimes I place Kalamata olives into the divets, other times I keep the garlic whole while ‘steeping’ it, and place that in the divets for a burst of roasted garlic flavor. always turns out so well. I could easily see where this recipe could be used for pizza dough as well.
Samantha Bell
This is a wonderful alternative from our usual garlic bread that we have with pasta. It’s a little more work obviously, but it is so good. The family loved it. The parmesan is salty enough for us so I wouldn’t add any additional salt.
Laura Green
I recently bought a break machine. Never have owned one before. Very disappointed. The bread comes out hard, dry and dense. I tried adding more water but it didnt help much. Any suggestions? Im ready to throw it out.
Katie Morgan
This was very easy to make, The only changes I made were in the toppings, I put roasted red peppers, kalamata olives and shredded Asiago cheese. Very tasty. The next time I will cut back on the Olive oil and garlic by 1/3.
Ian Martinez
This one was a huge hit! I wish we’d used shaved Parmesan though – the shredded kind we used (from a bag) got rather crisp in the oven though it was fine by day 2 (but on day 1 it kind of tore up my mouth!). It had a fantastic flavor, the herbs and oil are spot on.
Brandy Oliver
This was easy and very good.
Steven Hill
My whole family loved this bread! It was very easy, just like the description suggests. I don’t have a bread machine though so I proofed the yeast in the water and sugar, added all of the rest of the dough ingredients and mixed it with a dough hook for 3 minutes on speed 3 in my kitchen aid. I turned the dough out to my bread rising bowl and let it rise for about an hour before proceeding with the rest of the directions. I also cut the olive oil to 1/4 cup and 5 cloves of garlic. It was fantastic! I will definitely make this one again.
Brittany Anderson PhD
Loved this! The garlic was soft and roasted perfectly. The only thing i would change is a little less parm on top but it was a nice textural addition
Aaron Marshall
It was so good! I feel it is better than any garlic bread sold in a grocery store.
Linda Walker
Fantastic! Great flavour. Didn’t have the herbes de Provence so I used oregano, basil and thyme. Definitely a keeper.
Amy Valentine
Such an excellent recipe. It’s fantastic as written. This is on regular rotation at our house now!
Cathy Ellison
Focaccia came out INCREDIBLE! I don’t own a bread machine so I combined everything in my stand mixer and let rise for 1 hour. Next time I will use only 1/4 cup of olive oil, as 1/3 was a bit too much ( I didn’t use the whole amount when dressing the dough, but had a sizable amount left over), cooking at 425 for 20 minutes was perfect for me.
William Allison
My kids loved this recipe!
Annette Griffith
It took my bread machine on dough an hour and a half. I did use 1 cup whole wheat and 2 cups white. Next time I will try with all white.
Vanessa Jones
This was delicious as is!
Rachel Love
Delicious as is!
Ashley Brown
This was really good! I warmed up the oil a little and steeped it with the garlic for a little while, then also used that oil in the bread. For the herbs, I cheated a little and used Italian seasoning. The texture and flavor of the bread was perfect, nice and airy with crispy edges. Thanks so much for a great recipe that is sure to be a repeat!
Timothy Gomez
WOW, this is FANTASTIC!!!!!! It was super simple to whip up in the bread machine too. I did ‘steep’ the 6 cloves of crushed garlic in the oil, but when I was putting it on the dough, I decided not to use all of the actual garlic pieces b/c I didn’t want it to be TOO strong of garlic flavor. I’m glad I didn’t because it had the perfect flavor for us. I did follow the recipe exactly otherwise. The dough is so nice and easy to work with, and I loved all the little air pockets it created once it was baked. Mine did only take around 15 minutes to bake, so make sure you keep an eye on it while it’s in the oven. I had just took it out when my mom came in, and the first words out of her mouth were, “What’s baking that smells so good…I want some” (I did give her half to take home, lol). I really can’t say enough good things about this focaccia… the flavors, the texture, it’s just wonderful! This is one that I will be making again and again and again and…YUM, YUM, YUM!!!!!! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

 

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