Go Back
–+ servings
garden focaccia bread
Print Recipe
5 from 5 votes

air fryer focaccia bread | focaccia bread recipe

Focaccia is one of my favorite breads.It is almost a pizza without a sauce. Learn to make it here in easy steps!
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Snacks
Cuisine: European
Keyword: designer bread, easy focaccia bread recipe, Focaccia, Italian foccacia bread
Servings: 6
Author: bhavana bhatia

Equipment

  • oven or air fryer
  • knife
  • chopping board
  • stand mixer for kneading (optional)
  • tray / baking tin

Ingredients

  • 1-½ cups plain flour / all purpose flour
  • 1-½ teaspoon instant yeast with water and sugar
  • ¼ cup warm water for yeast above
  • ½ teaspoon sugar for yeast above
  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • ⅓ cup water For 1 cup flour , we need little less than ½ cup of liquid,count the water added to yeast and oil as well.
  • 1 teaspoon salt or as per taste
  • 1 tablespoon oil to brush the veggies and bread
  • Mixed veggies Asparagus,bell peppers,olives

Instructions

  • Add sugar to lukewarm water, mix until it dissolves. Add yeast to sugar water, so that it activates. This will make the mix frothy and activate in 15 minutes.
  • Mix the flour with salt in a bowl
  • Add this yeast mix to the flour with salt.
  • Knead the dough until you get a smooth texture.
  • Cover and allow it to rise for first time, punch down after 30 minutes.

Air fryer focaccia

  • Spread the veggies on top of the bread in any shape/form.Brush with oil.
  • Allow to rise for 20-25 minutes, for the second time.
  • Bake in a preheated air fryer(preheat for 5 minutes) at 180C/355F for 16-18 minutes or until the the top of the bread sounds hollow

Bake foccacia in Oven

  • Spread the dough in a greased baking tray
  • Toss/brush the veggies with oil
  • Spread the veggies on top of the bread in any shape/form
  • Allow to rise for 20-25 minutes.
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 200(fan forced) for 20-25 minutes
  • Check the readiness, by knocking on the top of the bread,if it sounds hollow then its ready.
  • Allow to rest outside the oven for 5-10 minutes,serve warm.
  • Store it in refrigerator once it cools if you want to store for a few days.Not required if you consume within a day.

Notes

To make sure that the buns are super soft, the dough needs to be sticky and a little wet.
You may replace wholewheat flour with plain flour for plain buns recipe
, in that case,use 3 cups of plain flour instead of 2.5 cups of wholewheat flour.
Generally for 3 cups flour , we need 1.5 cup of liquid,count the water added to flax seed,yeast and oil as well.