The Best, Easiest Focaccia Bread Recipe
Alexandra Stafford · alexandracooks.com · 2018 · 2 loaves
Against 261 focaccia recipes
More water than 87% of recipes and more salt than 87%.
How it compares
Against the typical pan: the median of 261 focaccia recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More water than 87% of recipes: 89% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 72%.
- More salt than 87% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
- Yeast in the middle half of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.
Ingredients (7)
- 4 cups (512 g) all-purpose flour or bread flour, see notes above512 g
- 2 to 3 teaspoons (10 to 15 grams) kosher salt, see notes above15 g
- 2 teaspoons (8 g) instant yeast, see notes above if using active dry8 g
- 2 cups (455 g) lukewarm water, made by combining 1/2 cup boiling water with 1 1/2 cups cold water455 g
- 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided≈ 54 g
- flaky sea salt, such as Maldonn/a
- 1 to 2 teaspoons whole rosemary leaves, optional≈ 7 g
flour 512 gbatter 1052 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 261 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Water89% · 88th percentile · median 72%
- Olive oil11% · 51st percentile · median 10%
- Salt2.9% · 89th percentile · median 2%
- Yeast1.6% · 75th percentile · median 1.2%
- Sugar0% · 25th percentile · median 0.1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 425°F / 220°C
- median 425°F
- Time
- 25 to 30 minutes
- median 24 minutes
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