Focaccia
Dissolve the yeast in tepid water. Add the sugar, olive oil, salad oil, and table salt. Mix in 3 cups of flour and whip until the dough begins to leave the sides of the mixing bowl...
Ingredients
- 2cuptepid water
- 2tablespoonsugar
- 4tablespoonolive oil
- 1/2cupsalad oil
- 1teaspoontable salt
- 51/2 cups unbleached white bread flour
- 3clovegarlic, crushed
- 1/4cupolive oil for topping
Directions
- 1
Dissolve the yeast in tepid water
- 2
Add the sugar, olive oil, salad oil, and table salt
- 3
Mix in 3 cups of flour and whip until the dough begins to leave the sides of the mixing bowl, about 10 minutes
- 4
Mix in the remianing flour by hand or with a dough hook and knead the dough until it is smooth
- 5
Allow the dough to rise twice in the bowl, and punch down after each rising
- 6
Oil two baking sheet, each 11 x 17 inches, and divide the dough between the two pans
- 7
Using your fingers, press the dough out to the edges of each pan
- 8
Cover and allow to rise for about thirty minutes, and brush with a mixture of the crushed garlic and oil reserved for topping