Bread Machine Focaccia

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Focaccia bread is a flavorful Italian bread seasoned with herbs and olive oil. This is an easy vegan recipe to make rosemary focaccia bread with all-purpose flour in a bread machine and bake it in an oven.

2 triangled slices of focaccia bread on a cheese board.

Focaccia bread is a popular flat Italian bread and is pronounced as fuh·kaa·chuh. It is seasoned with herbs and oil and also decorated with vegetables.

This bread machine focaccia bread is a flavorful bread made with 5 ingredients. It has a chewy and hard crust and is soft inside. This texture makes it perfect for making sandwiches or serving as a side with soup or with dipping oils.

Rosemary focaccia bread is made by drizzling olive oil and sprinkling rosemary on the focaccia dough before baking. It is very convenient to make focaccia dough in the bread machine or a stand mixer.

Focaccia bread is different than a pizza. Pizza is made from the dough after rolling it and applying the toppings and cheese. Focaccia on the other hand undergoes a second or final rise before it is seasoned and baked in the oven.

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Ingredients

This bread machine focaccia with rosemary is a flavorful bread that needs very few ingredients. The dough itself is made with 5 basic ingredients - all-purpose flour or bread flour, water, oil, salt, and instant yeast.

Fresh or dried rosemary is sprinkled on the top before baking for flavor. Some sea salt crystals are also sprinkled for a perfect salty taste.

Focaccia bread would be absolutely incomplete without extra virgin olive oil that is used to make the dough as well as drizzled generously before baking it in the oven.

Instructions

A bread maker makes it very easy to make rosemary focaccia bread. The bread machine does all the tasks of mixing, kneading, and getting the dough through its first rise. Then the dough is shaped and allowed to rise for the final time before baking in the oven.

To make the focaccia bread dough in the bread machine, place all the wet and dry ingredients (all-purpose flour, water, sugar, salt, and instant yeast) in the pan in the order recommended by the bread machine manufacturer.

It is best to weigh the flour using a digital food scale rather than measuring it by cups for consistent results. Read more on how to make dough in a bread machine.

Select and start the dough cycle of the bread maker and let it complete. This can take 1 - 1.5 hours depending on your bread machine. The dough cycle will mix, knead, and get the dough through its first rise.

Grease an 8-inch baking pan with oil. Remove the dough from the bread machine pan once the dough cycle is complete.

collage of 6 photos for making focaccia bread in bread maker and then baking in the oven.

Flatten the dough with your palm and fingers to allow it to cover the pan along its sides using some oil if needed. If it becomes difficult to spread, then allow it to rest for 5-10 minutes and try again.

Cover the pan and allow the dough to rise for the final time for about an hour till it doubles in volume. If you want to speed up the process you can warm the oven for about 5 minutes and then keep the pan covered in the oven for the final rise.

Once the focaccia dough has risen in volume, with the help of your fingers make lots of dimples in the dough. The dimples should be deep and should reach the base of the pan if possible.

Drizzle some extra virgin olive oil on the dough. Ensure that the oil gets into the dimples. Sprinkle some fresh rosemary leaves and sea salt crystals.

Bake the focaccia in a preheated oven at 400 °F for about 25 minutes. Once baked, remove the focaccia bread from the oven and from the pan. Place it on a cooling rack and allow it to cool down completely before slicing it.

Variations

I have just made rosemary focaccia bread, however, if you like you can also decorate the focaccia bread with a garden pattern with vegetables like bell pepper, onions, olives, and cherry tomatoes.

Serving suggestions

Focaccia bread is absolutely delicious and can be served with dipping oil and herbs. It can also be served with soups like pasta soup or tomato soup.

It is also perfect for making sandwiches or grilled sandwiches. You can also serve it as a side dish with your meals.

Equipment

I have made the focaccia dough in the 2 lb. Hamilton Beach Artisan bread maker using the dough cycle. This recipe should work well in any bread machine as all of them have the dough cycle.

The focaccia bread is baked in the convection oven.

Storage

Focaccia bread stays fresh for about 2-3 days at room temperature in an air-tight container. If you want to store it longer, it is best to slice it and freeze it.

When stored longer than a day, the crust of focaccia bread might become a little softer than it is when freshly baked. You can reheat it in the oven at 375°F for 3-4 minutes or in the air fryer at 350°F for 1-2 minutes to make it crusty before eating it.

two triangles of focaccia bread with the remaining bread in background.

Just like any other bread, focaccia bread freezes well. You can freeze any leftover bread for a month in freezer bread bags or reusable ziplock storage bags.

It is best to slice or cut the focaccia bread into pieces before freezing it. You can just take out the amount of bread you need when you are ready to use it again.

Frozen focaccia bread can be defrosted in the microwave, oven, or in the air fryer. Place the bread in a preheated oven or air fryer at 375 °F for 4-5 minutes or until it is defrosted.

FAQ

Is focaccia bread typically vegan?

The main ingredients for rosemary focaccia bread are all-purpose flour, instant yeast, oil, salt, water and rosemary for flavor. Focaccia bread is typically vegan as there is really no need to add butter or any other non-vegan ingredient.