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Easy Quick Focaccia Bread

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 Tbsp. active dry yeast
  • 1 Tbsp. salt
  • 2 cups warm water
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp. honey

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Allow the mixture to rest for 5 minutes or until it starts to foam.
  • Add the oil and honey then mix the salt with the flour and add the flour to the wet ingredients.
  • Mix the dough with your hands until well combined. form a ball drizzle with olive oil cover with plastic wrap or a clean kitchen towel and refrigerate overnight or up to two days.
  • When your ready to bake grease a
  • 9″ x 13″ pan. Take out the refrigerated dough. Oil your hands and gently bring the proofed dough in from the sides folding the dough over it’s self. Turn the bowl a quarter turn and fold the dough over itself again. Repeat the turn and fold 3 more times.
  • Pour 2 Tbsp. of olive oil in the center of the prepared pan . Place the deflated dough in the center coat well with the oil.
  • Cover and let raise in a draft- free place until the dough doubles in size. about 1 1/2 – 2 hours.
  • Preheat the oven to 400- degrees top the focaccia with your favorite toppings.
  • Top with olive oil use your fingers to dimple the dough. Sprinkle with sea salt before baking.
  • Bake the focaccia bread in a 400-degree preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the bottom crispy.