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Sliced pieces of focaccia bread on parchment paper with a bowl of marinara sauce.

Black Pepper Focaccia

Timeless Dishes
This black pepper focaccia bread recipe is soft on the inside, crispy on the outside, with freshly ground black pepper on top! Perfect for dipping in soups, sauces, or lathering in olive oil! So easy to make and most delicious fresh from the oven while still warm. This is a must try!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Proofing Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dinner, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 10 Servings
Calories 219 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Stand mixer
  • 2 Springform pans

Ingredients
  

Black Pepper Focaccia

  • 1 1/4 Cups Water luke warm (100-110 degrees)
  • 2 Packages Fast acting yeast
  • 1 Tbsp Maple syrup or your preferred sweetener
  • 2 Tbsp Olive oil plus more for drizzling
  • 4 Cups All-purpose flour or preferred 1:1 gluten free flour
  • 1 Tsp Black pepper freshly ground preferred
  • 1 Tsp Sea salt plus more for the dough
  • 1 Tbsp Minced garlic fresh or dried

Instructions
 

Black Pepper Focaccia

  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Warm water between 100-110 degrees in the microwave (use a thermometer). Add water to your stand mixer with maple syrup and yeast. Mix for 10 seconds and then let sit for 10 minutes to let the yeast bloom.
    Adding olive oil to bloomed yeast mixture in a stand mixer to make focaccia.
  • Then add the olive oil, 3 cups of flour, and salt. Mix on medium speed with the dough handle attachment for 5 minutes, then add the remaining 1 cup of flour. Continue mixing for another 5 minutes, for a total of 10 minutes.
    Adding flour to focaccia dough in a stand mixer while kneading the dough.
  • Then remove the dough onto a floured board and knead 10 times. Coat the mixing bowl in olive oil, rub the dough in the olive oil as well and place the dough in the bowl.
    Kneading the dough by hand on a floured counter top.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes. Then uncover, cut in half (recipe makes 2 loaves), and place in two springform pans. Push the dough out to the edges, cover with plastic wrap, and let rest for another 30 minutes in a warm place.
    Plastic wrap over top of focaccia dough in a springform pan.
  • After the second rise, push your fingers into the dough to make divots throughout the dough. Add a drizzle of olive oil all over the top, then sprinkle the sea salt, black pepper, and minced garlic evenly over the top.
    Drizzling olive oil over the top of prepped focaccia dough.
  • Then bake uncovered for 18-20 minutes until golden brown on the top. Take out of the oven, let cool and enjoy!
    Sliced pieces of focaccia bread on parchment paper.

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Notes

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.

Nutrition

Serving: 10gCalories: 219kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 6gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 0.5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 469mgPotassium: 81mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 12mgIron: 2mg
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