Focaccia (blitz Bread)

Total Time: 2 hrs 9 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 29 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups warm water (12 ounces)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil (1 1/4 ounces, plus additional for drizzling)
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 3 1/2 cups king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour (14 3/4 ounces)
• 1 tablespoon instant yeast
• 4 teaspoons pizza dough, flavor (optional, not pizza dough but pizza dough flavoring)
• 1/4 cup vermont cheese sauce mix (optional, vermont cheese powder not cheese sauce mix) (optional)
• pizza seasoning

Recipe

• 1 lightly grease a 9" x 13" pan, and drizzle 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil in the bottom.
• 2 combine all of the ingredients, and beat at high speed with an electric mixer for 60 seconds.
• 3 scoop the sticky batter into the prepared pan, cover the pan, and let it rise at room temperature for 60 minutes, till it’s become puffy.
• 4 while the dough is rising, preheat the oven to 375°f.
• 5 after dough rises, gently poke the dough all over with your index finger.
• 6 drizzle it lightly with olive oil, and sprinkle with pizza seasoning, and/or the dried herbs of your choice, if desired.
• 7 bake the bread till it’s golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes.
• 8 remove it from the oven, wait 5 minutes, then turn it out of the pan onto a rack. serve warm or at room temperature.
• 9 to make cheese-stuffed bread: add 1 cup crumbled feta cheese (or your favorite cheese) to the dough after it's been kneaded for 60 seconds.