Place water, 2 tablespoons olive oil, salt, garlic, rosemary, flour and yeast in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select Dough cycle and press Start.
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Remove dough from bread machine when cycle is completed. Pat dough into either a 23x33cm baking pan or 30cm pizza pan. Use your fingers to dimple the dough every 2 cm or so. Brush with remaining olive oil and sprinkle with remaining rosemary.
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Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Cover foccacia with cling wrap while oven preheats.
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Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Just Made this for the first time. I have a low salt requirements which got me into bread making in the first place and due to the herbs, this bread tastes great and is easy to make. A hit for the whole family.
This is great focaccia! Love it with the rosemary. I like to sprinkle rock salt on a pizza stone to bake. Bits torn off and dipped in EVOO and balsamic vinegar are totally yum!
Used different ingredients.
I've made this focaccia many times, and it's one of my family's favourites. One variation that I've found helps to give it more flavour is to sprinkle the top with coarse kosher salt (in addition to the rosemary leaves). It makes the top nice and crunchy, as well as more flavourful.
Used different ingredients.
I found this bread to be very good. However, I did make some changes. I used 2 cups of plain white flour + 1 cup of whole wheat flour. I also used 1 tsp. of garlic powder instead of the chopped garlic, and I used dried rosemary rather than fresh. My husband and I both loved this bread. It was so simple and turned out wonderfully. I will definitely make it again.
This bread turned out horrible. I made it according to instructions, but must have done something wrong, I don't know what. The bread was hard as nails on the top, it totally stuck to the pan, and it was basically tasteless.