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Focaccia Bread

January 31, 2017 by Jo Barnett

This is your answer to the question “is there no tasty moist gluten free bread?”  This Focaccia bread is terrific and you can finally eat a bread that you don’t have to toast to make it edible.

This is focaccia bread that is topped with shallots…see note below

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Ingredients for basic focaccia bread

  • 1 cup warm water
  • 1 tablespoon Xyla or 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon active dry yeast (about 1 1/3 packets)
  • 1 1/2 cup Pamela’s Gluten Free Flour
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • non stick spray
  1. Dissolve Xyla / honey in the warm water, add the yeast and let sit for about 5 minutes. (Note you will not get a big foam since you are not using actual sugar)
  2. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, xanthan gum and salt.
  3. In another separate bowl mix the egg with the olive oil, add to the yeast mixture and mix well.
  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and combine well. It is an easy mix that can be done by hand so no need to dirty the standing mixer.
  5. Spray a 9 by 9 in pan with the non stick spray, spread the dough into the pan, cover with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm spot for about 20 minutes.
  6. While the bread it resting preheat the oven to 400.
  7. Bake for 25 minutes, let bread cool in pan, and you are ready to serve.
  8. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and combine well. It is an easy mix that can be done by hand so no need to dirty the standing mixer.

Focaccia Bread topped with sautéed shallots

  1. While the bread is in the oven baking, saute thinly sliced shallots in 1 to 2 tablespoons of butter and add to the baking bread for the last 10 minutes of it’s bake (this way the shallots are cooked but not burnt).

Focaccia Bread with fresh herbs

  1. If you have fresh herbs like, thyme, lemon-thyme, rosemary, or basil: just add two tablespoons of the herb to the dry ingredients & sprinkle some on top of the dough before baking and you will have a very herby bread.

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