Focaccia- Olive Oil Bread 🥖

Foccacia ( Olive Oil Bread) 

If you don’t like bread you are not human 😂 

Personally, I am sucker for freshly-baked bread, and I feel in America that’s one thing that I always miss! In Serbia- we had fresh bread daily from local bakeries, often still warm and newly-baked if you are an early bird. I never had bagged bread until I got to America. To this day it’s one of my pet peeves. 

I love making my own- and I always say- bread never lies- it usually reflect the state of your being. When I’m in great spirits my breads turn out great- when I’m not- my dough won’t rise. 

Out of all breads I make this Is our absolutely favorite bread! Whoever comes over usually asks if I will make one! It’s is so simple to make, and honestly it satisfies your soul- the smell, the texture, the flavor! I love sharing things we love to do, read, cook - so here it is! 

Recipe: 

3 1/2 cups of all purpose or bread flour ( i use King Arthur)

1/4 olive oil

Pinch of salt 

1 pack instant yeast

1 1/2 of warm water 

1 tsp honey or sugar 

Optional: fresh rosemary

For olive oil dip:

1/4 cup olive oil

Hot pepper sprinkles

Coarse salt 

Coarse black pepper.

Combine flour, salt in the bowl

Add yeast mixture ( yeast In the warm water with sugar or honey) 

Knead the dough you get shaggy mass then add olive oil and kneed it good until combined. Let it sit 1-2 hrs. 

Preheat Oven 450 degrees. 

Put olive oil on the bottom of the baking sheet.

On the floured surface make a 1 inch tick dough and put fingertip dips in it. 

Sprinkle with olive oil and coarse salt. If you like add fresh rosemary. bake 20-25 minute than rotate the try( all ovens are different keep an eye on it). Pull out when brown and put on a cooling rack. 

Bottom should make a hollow sound if you tap. 

Dip your bread into olive oil mixture and enjoy!