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You can buy decent focaccia at the bakery, but nothing beats homemade bread! Yet, there’s that one little ingredient we so often don’t keep around the house… Patience.

The lesson of bread-making is always, “Good things come to those who wait.” Bread is not difficult to make; especially if you have an electric mixer with a bread hook. It just takes time.

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I like to make bread, as a reminder to myself, when I’m feeling restless in other areas of life. It doesn’t really matter the reason… Kids and family, work, finances. Diligence and good ol’ patience are most always the process and the answer.

You do what you can, with what you’re given. Then? You wait.

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Focaccia provides such a tasty and fragrant reminder that in the end, the reward is worth while. This crusty Rustic Focaccia Bread Recipe has an aroma that can instantly produce a dozen new friends. Holding plates.

And the flavor? Savory and delicate, with a punch of herbs in every bite.

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My Rustic Focaccia Bread Recipe is something I like to make all year long, because it pairs with so many different meals.

The rich taste and decadent texture are definitely worth the wait!

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Rustic Focaccia Bread Recipe

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Rustic Focaccia Bread Recipe, seasoned with lemon zest, fresh rosemary, and red onions. This amazing fresh bread is so flavorful and comforting.
Servings: 2 loaves

Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups cold water
  • 1/4 cup lukewarm water
  • 1 package dry active yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil + extra for bowl and pans
  • 3 tablespoons chopped red onion or shallot, + extra slices for top
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh chopped rosemary
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • Zest of one lemon
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Pour the lukewarm water and honey into the bowl of your electric mixer with a paddle attachment. Add one package of dry active yeast and swirl around. Allow the yeast to foam for 10 minutes. Then add the cold water, lemon zest, 2 tablespoons oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, rosemary, and onions. Turn the mixer on low and slowly add the flour. Once all the flour is in the bowl, switch the paddle to the bread hook attachment. “Knead” on low for about 10 minutes.
  • Pull the dough away from the sides and rub the bowl down with oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Remove the plastic wrap and turn the mixer back on for 30 seconds.
  • Divide the dough into two pieces and press with your fingers into two greased 9- to 10-inch round cake pans. As you press to dough to the edges, don’t be afraid to let your fingers puncture the dough—this will create the bumpy, rustic texture of traditional focaccia.
  • Cover both pans with a clean damp towel. Allow the dough to rise again for another 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Before baking, use the remaining tablespoon of oil and brush the tops of the loaves. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and decorate with thin onion slices.
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the tops are golden-brown. Turn out the bread loaves and enjoy.

Nutrition

Calories: 94kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 2g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 2mg, Potassium: 29mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 5IU, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 6mg, Iron: 1mg
Course: Bread
Cuisine: Italian
Author: Sommer Collier

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59 comments on “Rustic Focaccia Bread Recipe”

  1. So easy to follow recipe! Results are DELICIOUS! Thank you so much! Great yummy bread!

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  3. Has anybody tried to make this bread with whole wheat flour?

  4. Delicious, make the focaccia yesterday, it was easy and delicious. I did sprinkle a bit of flaky sea salt on top of each before baking. Thanks for the recipe.

  5. This bread looks so flavorful. I always love homemade bread. I just need to plan ahead. Set a day and do it, otherwise I get frustrated trying to fit it in to a busy day.

  6. Oh my, this looks delish!

  7. That looks and sounds delicious! I’d love to start making my own bread. Hope you had a wonderful SITS day! (I’m a little late….) :)

  8. I bet that smells AMAZING cooking in the oven!! I’ve never made homemade bread, because I don’t have a stand mixer…am I still able to make it using a different method? It looks so pretty, too…I love how you arranged the onion slices. :)

    • I use to have that same problem, if you don’t have a standup mixer hope you have strong arms and start kneading.

  9. Popped over from SITS .That looks good enough to eat. :)

  10. Yum, I will be right over. ;))))

  11. I really like your site….very user friendly with the perfect amount of information for us nonbakers to think I could do this.

    Visiting from SITS

  12. What a beautiful site! You may have motivated me to try baking again. I don’t bake … I burn!

  13. soo yummy…found you via SITS.. super excited to follow u!! your recipes are amazing!!

  14. Gorgeous bread. And it doesn’t seem to be so difficult that I can’t try it and succeed. :)

  15. This looks amazing!!! Definitely adding a bookmark! I love making bread, but boy are you right about patience! :( lol

  16. I love the look of your foccacia…so pretty how you decorate the top with the onions:)

  17. I know what I’m making this weekend! I cannot almost smell it now. Beautiful bread and equally beautiful photos. A little wine, a little cheese, goodness!

  18. This is so beautiful! The last time focaccia was made in our house there was so much oil, but this one seems to have not too much.

  19. Very nice blog. I just came across your blog and love it.

  20. beautiful bread, we love foccaia true bread takes patience I need to practice patience..

    sweetlife

  21. This recipe looks so lovely!!!

  22. What a beautiful way to serve foccacia. I shouldn't be surprised. Everything on your blog is gorgeous and the recipes are terrific. They keep me coming back for more. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings…Mary

  23. Waw!! Your foccacio's loo tremendously tasty!!

    MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM,….

  24. A little coincidence, my friend and I were talking about foccacia today – during surgery. Yeah, we were helping out a few surgery of the children. He said that he loved "those melted cheese on the grill bread". I told him it was foccacia bread with mozzarella, etc etc…

    Fully random topic in the middle of surgery, I know.But now I have a huge craving for those goodies. (Perhaps you could send me a few your lovely foccacia bread?).

    Btw, it's so true for me right now "good things don't always happen when you want them too"… Patience helps…

  25. wow love foccacia! I just love the tenderness that was given to make this bread, just awesome! :)

  26. Beautiful space, came from Meeta's blog. Exciting recipes and good presentation.
    Best wishes.

  27. I totally agree with you. Focaccia is the first bread I ever made and it got me hooked. Yours is gorgeous!

  28. wow what an amazing foccacia and wonderful blog – Rebecca

  29. Dear Sommer – I NEEDED to read your post today. Like an astrological reading these were words I needed to hear. So thank you! :)

    You focaccia leaves me speechless. The artful decorating with the onion and the little pools of olive oil is enough to make me weep.

    Will return for recipe as soon as I am ready to bake some!

    Hugs, Devaki @ weavethousandflavors

  30. That is the prettiest and most delicious-looking foccacia I have ever seen. My goodness…

  31. Wonderful foccacia post. Great photos and clear instruction.

    Cheers!

  32. This looks wonderful. Will be baking bread soon…can't wait!

    Carmen

    p.s. Congrats on Lavender win giveaway at Sweet Life.

  33. I was just thinking of making focaccia bread today! How fortuitous that I clicked on your site! :) Your focaccia bread looks simply divine. Yum!

  34. Your focaccia looks wonderful! Fresh, homemade bread can't be beat. And I could do with a lesson in patience so I should probably get baking!

  35. My favourite focaccia bread. :) I love the way you placed the onions on the top. Lovely. :)

  36. This is without a doubt the most amazing
    focaccia I have ever seen…Splendid!

  37. That must be the prettiest focaccia I have ever seen! I've been itching to make proper yeasted bread for months…..

  38. A loaf of fresh, homemade bread is one of the happiest things on the planet! I am a true bread nut at heart and love finding other "breadies."

  39. So beautiful. I love the starbursts of red onion.

  40. Oops, I meant to tell you that flax egg is a pretty good egg substitute. In that cookie pie, it was perfect.
    Putting the flax in water overnight draws the endosperm out of the seed, which makes the water like egg white. It's weird but neat…

  41. You are so artistic! This isn't just foccacia! They are works of art.

  42. Beautiful Sommer! Your photos make me want to make bread right now. But my throbbing head ache says 'NO!'. I've heard focaccia is pretty easy though. I should probably try it…

  43. Val~

    My yeast packets are approx. 1/4 oz. or 8.75 grams. I use the Hodgson Mill brand.

    Focaccia is a GREAT place to start! also check out my whole grain bread recipe. It's another favorite!

  44. Gorgeous! I agree with you that there's no better aroma than baking bread and nothing beats homemade bread…. :) I've only tried making foccacia with rosemary on top but I like that you added red onions too.

  45. I'm not a bread baker, but you may convert me into one with this recipe. This looks fabulous!

  46. That looks scrumptious! I don't know why, but I thought of the bread from the Macaroni Grill. This is far more gourmet. Looks delicious!

  47. Wow… you made them look sooooo amazing, I love homemade bread. And rosemary and onions are such a good combination.

  48. that is beautiful focaccia!! I love the idea of using cake pans…what a stroke of genius!
    thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe and technique!

  49. Your rosemary and red onion focaccia looks beautiful, I love baking bread, homemade is just so good :-)

  50. Beautiful loaves! Thanks for the inspiration.

  51. That just might be the best looking loaf of bread I've ever seen!

  52. Love the patterns on the bread. Home made bread is the best!

  53. That looks amazing! I'm starting to get really interested in bread-making. The minute I get my electric mixer (couple of weeks) This will be the first bread I try. It looks real easy to make. Probably a good place to begin my bread-making adventures.

    Could you tell me how much is in the packet of active dry yeast you buy? Thanks :-)

  54. Wow what a beautiful focaccia!!

  55. Yes, yes, yes!

  56. Your focaccia looks gorgeous.
    I am always worried it won't come out right at the altitude we live at. I will take your recipe with me and give it a try. Thanks for sharing.

  57. Oh that is a beautiful focaccia! what I love most about baking bread is the smell of the house while the bread is in the oven! Rosemary and onion focaccia a classic one and soooooo good! I never added honey but I can see the nice twist in the flavor! gorgeous!

  58. Agree, nothing like homemade bread!!=) And this looks fantastic.