Same Day Skillet Focaccia-Baked in a Cast Iron Pan
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No need to wait to days for a slice of warm, fluffy Homemade Skillet Focaccia, this easy Same Day Skillet Focaccia is ready in just a few hours. Made with just 5 ingredients, flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and water then baked right in a cast iron skillet. This easy focaccia recipe will easily be part of your baking rotation.
Why You’ll Love Baking This Recipe
Made with just a few simple pantry staple ingredients and baked right in a 12 inch cast iron skillet, this Same Day Foccacia Recipe will for sure become a go to skillet bread recipe.
- Easy Focaccia Recipe– baked right in a cast iron skillet, like my huge skillet bread loaf, so you know it will have the best, crunchy outer crust.
- Made with Simple Ingredients– simple ingredients like flour, instant yeast, water, salt and sugar make this recipe quick and easy to make.
- Great Twist on a Classic Recipe– baking in a cast iron skillet is both nostalgic and rustic. Everyone loves the texture of this focaccia bread as well as the beautiful display of serving it from a beautiful cast iron skillet.
- Perfect Side Dish– this quick focaccia recipe is the perfect side dish to a Creamy Potato Soup or a veggie loaded Minestrone.
Why I Recommend Baking in a Cast Iron Skillet-I’m a Little Obsessed
- I love using a cast iron skillet to whip up an easy one pan meal, the perfect burger, as well as baking like this Brown Butter Smores Skillet Cookie.
- Cast iron is known for even heat distribution which helps to make a perfectly crispy outer crust and soft, bubbly center that we all know and love from focaccia.
- Cast iron also has a non-stick surface that helps the focaccia release and makes cleaning the pan a breeze. Who doesn’t love that?
What if I Don’t Own A Cast Iron Skillet?
If you don’t own a 12 inch cast iron skillet, make plans to get one soon, but in the meantime, this easy same-day foccacia can be baked in a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
Grease the pan before adding the dough, let rise, top with oil, and use your fingers to make the holes in the top, then cook according to the instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this page.
Ingredients Needed For This Focaccia Recipe
- All Purpose Flour– the base of this easy cast iron bread recipe
- Instant Yeast– make sure you are using the instant kind of yeast, it will rise much quicker and doesn’t not need to bloom before being added to the other ingredients.
- Sugar– just a pinch to round out the flavors
- Sea Salt– always needed for balancing out and adding flavor
- Water– warm to the touch water to help the yeast activate
- Olive Oil– helps bake the outside of this focaccia bread perfectly golden and crispy
How to Make Same Day Focaccia Bread
Make the Dough
- Make the dough– In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, yeast, sugar, and sea salt. Pour in the water and stir with a dough hook, wooden spoon or electric mixer for about 2 minutes until a sticky dough has formed and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Stretch and Fold– cover the dough and allow to rise for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, wet hands and pull the dough from each 4 different corners stretching it to the center. Repeat this 2 more times, covering between each stretch and fold. (Wet hands will help the dough from sticking to your hands)
- Rise– pour the dough into a 12 inch cast iron skillet that has about 2 tablespoons of olive oil spread in the bottom. Rise, covered in a warm place for 1 hour.
- Prepare for Baking– After the dough has risen for an hour, pour remaining olive oil over the dough and use your fingers to press holes all over the top of the dough before baking.
- Bake– Heat the oven to 450º F and bake for 18-20 minutes until the outside is brown and crisp and has a hollow sound when you tap on the bread.
- Serve– Top with some flaky sea salt before serving as desired and serve alongside your favorite comfort meal or use to make a delicious sandwich.
Serving Suggestions
Besides just tearing this off in pieces and devouring, this Focaccia bread is a delicious side dish for any of the following:
Storage and Leftovers
Place any cooled leftovers of this same day focaccia bread into an air tight container or zip top bag and store on the countertop for up to 3 days. It may lose some crunch the longer it is stored.
Recipe FAQs and Tips
Yes! Bread flour can be substituted in this focaccia recipe for the all purpose flour.
Yes, if you don’t like cooking with olive oil, I would suggest using avocado oil in place of the olive oil.
The outside will be crispy golden brown. When you tap on the top of the bread it should make a hollow sound and feel kind of hard.
Same Day Skillet Focaccia
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Same Day Skillet Foccacia
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- 1/4 cup olive oil divided
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer combine the 3 cups all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast. Pour in the 1 1/2 cups warm water and mix together with a wooden spoon, dough hook or clean hands until a soft, slightly sticky ball is formed. About 2 minutes.
- Cover the dough and rise for 20 minutes, dip fingertips into water and fold dough from four corners to the center. Lift from the side and pull the dough up to the center. Repeat 2 more times (a total of 3 folds-60 minutes).
- After 1 hour, pour half of the 1/4 cup olive oil into the bottom of a 12 inch cast iron skillet. Brush oil along bottom and up the sides of the pan. place the dough into the center of the pan and cover again, allow to rise for 1 hour.
- Heat the oven to 450º F
- While the oven heats, pour the remaining oil over the dough and use fingers to press dimples into the dough and spread it out in the pan. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt before baking.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes until golden brown and crispy.
Notes
- Nutrition facts are just an estimate of the ingredients listed in the recipe.
