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.
Place the wet and dry ingredients in the bread machine pan as per your bread machine manufacturer's instructions. (Some bread machines need wet ingredients first and some need dry).
Select and start the dough cycle.
Once the dough cycle is complete, remove the dough from the bread machine pan.
Final rise
Grease an 8-inch baking pan with some oil.
Place the dough in the baking pan and gently press it to cover the pan till the edges.
Cover the baking pan with a lid or plate and keep it in a warm place until it doubles in volume. (about an hour)
Preheat oven
Level the baking rack to the middle level.
Preheat the oven to 400 °F.
Bake Foccacia bread in the oven
Uncover the dough and with the help of your fingers, make deep holes in the dough.
Drizzle oil, rosemary and sea salt crystals on the dough.
Once the oven is preheated to 400 °F, bake the focaccia bread for 25 minutes.
Once Focaccia bread is baked, remove it from the oven and transfer the bread to a cooling rack.
Allow the bread to cool completely before slicing it with a serrated knife.
Notes
It is best to weigh the flour using a food scale for best and consistent results.
Dough can also be kneaded in a stand mixer and then proved in the instant pot or oven for about 1 hour before shaping into rolls.