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Cast Iron Focaccia Bread

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Skillet Focaccia Bread is flavored with parmesan and herbs. It takes only a 20 minute rise in a warm oven making it the easiest yeast bread you'll ever make. 
4.65 from 31 votes
Servings 8 people
Calories 155 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • ¾ cup warm water
  • 1-½ teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil divided
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning optional
  • 3 Tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese divided

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 175 degrees.
  • Dissolve sugar in warm water. Add yeast and stir until dissolved and let sit 3-4 minutes.
  • Add flour (using only 1-¾ cup if kneading by hand), olive oil, salt, Italian seasoning, 2 Tablespoons parmesan. 
  • Mix on low speed with stand mixer, fitted with dough hook until well mixed and then move to medium speed.
  • Mix (or knead by hand on surface floured with additional ¼ cup flour) until dough pulls away from sides of bowl and forms a ball.
  • Pat dough to cover bottom of 10 inch iron skillet which has been coated in olive oil.
  • Turn oven off and place skillet in oven for 20 minutes.
  • Remove from oven, turning the temperature up to preheat to 375 degrees for convection, or 400 for traditional oven.
  • Brush with additional 1 Tablespoon of olive oil. Make indentations on surface with fingertip and then sprinkle with additional 1 Tablespoon of Parmesan. Sprinkle with additional herbs if desired.
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. If desired, sprinkle with coarse kosher or sea salt and brush with additional olive oil.

Nutrition

Calories: 155kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 4gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 179mgPotassium: 40mgFiber: 1gSugar: 0.3gVitamin A: 18IUVitamin C: 0.003mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 2mg
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