12 Focaccia Bread Recipes for Your Next Tasty Baking Adventure

Focaccia

If you have flour, yeast, olive oil, and salt in the pantry, you can make focaccia. This classic recipe is super easy to prep and doesn't require a long proof time (30 minutes is all you need) before baking. Make your focaccia bread more fragrant by adding rosemary in our herbed variation.

No-Knead Skillet Focaccia

According to one reviewer, "this bread was almost too easy!" It takes a few hours total for this focaccia recipe to come together, but there's very little hands-on time involved. Baking in a skillet achieves the perfectly crunchy outside. Feel free to arrange the focaccia toppings into your own artistic masterpiece.

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Blueberry-Peach Focaccia

Focaccia toppings can go sweet, too. This delicious variation includes peaches and blueberries. It'll make perfect use of your summer stone fruit haul. Fresh snipped basil adds a nice brightness to the bread.

Easy Bacon and Olive Focaccia

Hello, bacon! Of course, the flavor from this generously studded focaccia bread recipe is phenomenal, but so is the texture. We use millet flour and whole wheat flour to yield a firmer, chewier bite.

Test Kitchen Tip: Plan ahead and chill the focaccia dough overnight in the refrigerator. Allow it to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before continuing the process.

Gorgonzola and Pear Focaccia

This delicious recipe starts by preparing easy, adorable mini focaccia (simply divide your dough into six portions for small loaves.). Before the bread goes in the oven, top with thinly sliced pears, gorgonzola cheese, and red onion. The finished result is dotted with crunchy toasted walnuts.

Rosemary-Pumpkin Prosciutto Focaccia

Enjoy major fall flavor with this rosemary focaccia. A cup of canned pumpkin provides moisture and rich color in your finished bake. As for the focaccia toppings, the pepitas, prosciutto, and fontina cheese will have you coming back for another piece.

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Mini Focaccia

Making cute little focaccias means less bake time (10 minutes, to be exact) and more to pass around the table. We use salt and pepper to season, but you could easily add herbs, olives, garlic, or other favorite focaccia toppings.

Focaccia with Cherries, Fennel, and Orange

Here's a focaccia recipe that will turn heads at your next gathering. The surprising combo of tart cherry, licorice-like fennel, and zesty orange will leave your tastebuds tingling with delight. Toast the fennel seeds first for a deeper aromatic flavor.

Easy Focaccia Casserole Bread

Just like pizza has a deep-dish version, so does focaccia. The easy bread recipe is baked in a casserole dish. And while you might think it would take longer to make, it only requires a little over an hour total time thanks to fast-rising yeast. Store leftover focaccia bread in the freezer up to 3 months for a quick side.

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Focaccia with Herb Oil

This easy Italian-inspired no-knead focaccia starts with a shortcut ingredient: pizza dough. The real delight here is the homemade herb oil. We include all the instructions to blanch herbs (this keeps them bright) and infuse either olive oil or avocado oil to top your focaccia.

Cracked Black Pepper and Rosemary Focaccia

This black pepper focaccia utilizes our whole wheat pizza dough recipe as the base. From there, the focaccia is topped with cheese, olives (if desired), and freshly cracked black pepper. You can also guide your bread into more pizza-inspired territory with our tomato variation.

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Grape and Rosemary Focaccia

Grapes and rosemary make a surprisingly delicious focaccia topping. Along with a bit of basil and generous drizzle of olive oil, this roasted fruit focaccia makes a great addition to a charcuterie board or at wine tasting parties.