Panera Bread Focaccia (Copycat Recipe)

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Panera Bread sells, sea salt focaccia's which happens to be the bread they make for the frontega chicken panini. Focaccia is a flat oven baked loaf of bread made from yeast. Though flat it's not heavy or dense. Focaccia can be served as an appetizer with an olive oil dip, with pasta and of coarse panini's.

·published 2018-04-02

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Servings

['12', '12 servings']

Total time

prep 1h 40m

Calories / serving

250 kcal

Ingredients (6)

serves

2 cups warm waterwater
1 TBSP dry yeastyeast
2 TBSP sugarsugar
2 tsp coarse kosher salt (divided)
4 1/4 cups flourflour
1/3 cup olive oil (divided )

Instructions (5 steps)

01Combine the water, yeast and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Allow to poof 5 minutes.
02Stir in 1 teaspoon of salt and gradually add in the flour with the mixer running on low. Knead for 5 minutes. Dough should be smooth and slightly tacky. Place into a greased bowl and lightly grease the top with 2 Tbsp of olive oil. Allow to rise 1 hour in a warm place.
03Grease three 9-inch round pans with 4 TBSP of olive oil. Set aside.
04Turn dough over onto a working surface and cut into 3 equal pieces. Shape each piece into a ball and place into greased pans. Spread dough out and grease the tops using the oil from the pans. Indent each dough with the tips of your fingers. Let rise 25 minutes in a warm place or until doubled in size.
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