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Easy Sourdough Focaccia Bread

Baker Bettie · bakerbettie.com · 2025 · 16

Against 261 focaccia recipes

No yeast, unlike 95% of recipes and more olive oil than 87%.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 261 focaccia recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • No yeast at all, where 95% of recipes use some (most of those 0.7 to 1.6% of the flour weight).
  • More olive oil than 87% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 10%, about twice as much.
  • More salt than 75% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2%.
Water: 71%, 49th percentileOlive oil: 20%, 88th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 80th percentileYeast: 0%, 2nd percentileSugar: 0%, 25th percentileWaterOlive oilSaltYeastSugar
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (7)

  • 300 grams (1 ¼ cups, 300 milliliters) water, warmed to about 110°F/43°C300 g
  • 84 grams (6 tablespoons) olive oil, divided84 g
  • 120 grams active sourdough starter, *see Notes section below120 g
  • 420 grams (3 ½ cups) bread flour or all-purpose flour420 g
  • 10 grams (2 teaspoons) kosher salt10 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • coarse salt for sprinkling on topn/a
  • toppings of choice like fresh rosemary, other herbs, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, veggies, red pepper flakes, cheese, etc.n/a

flour 420 gbatter 934 g

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 261 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Water71% · 49th percentile
  • Olive oil20% · 88th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 80th percentile
  • Yeast0% · 2nd percentile
  • Sugar0% · 25th percentile

Oven

Temperature
425°F / 220°C
median 425°F
Time
30 minutes
median 24 minutes

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