Cheesy Onion Focaccia

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"Just looking at this golden cheesy bread will make you drool, and the smell is incredible. This is from TOH Apr 2005. To say that we love it would be an understatement! Preparation time includes dough cycle of 1 hour but that will depend on the bread machine."

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Ingredients

  • Dough:
  • 3/4 cup water ( 70-80 degrees F)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups bread flour ( I use all purpose flour)
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
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  • Topping:
  • 2 onions, sliced and quartered ( medium)
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 teaspoons italian seasoning
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated

Preparation

Step 1

In bread machine, place dough ingredients in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select dough setting.

After 5 minutes of mixing, check to see if you need to add 1 tbsp water or flour.

When dough cycle is complete, place dough onto a lightly greased 12" pizza pan and pat into a 10" circle.

Cover and let rise in warm place for 30 minutes or until doubled in size.

Meanwhile, in large skillet saute onions and butter for 15 minutes.

Add minced garlic and cook 5 minutes more. Stir in Italian seasonings.

Using the end of a wooden spoon, make deep indentations 1 " apart in dough.

Top with onion mixture and cheeses.

Bake at 400F 15-18 minutes or until golden. Serve warm.
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REVIEWS:

Totally delicious. Mine could have baked a bit longer but the toppings were getting dark. Next time I'll pre-bake the bread for a bit before adding the onions and cheese. Still very yummy.

Fabulous! when some of the children announced they would be coming for supper in a couple of hours, it was a fabulous opportunity to try this great-sounding recipe, I hauled out my ABM, threw in the ingredients, heated the oven .... this went extremely well with a chicken pie and rice, and I will definitely be making it again. Everyone was very impressed, I might have been a little heavy-handed with the garlic, and I think next time I will strew some fresh herbs in with the toppings, but truly, a great recipe, thank you!

WOW!!! This was great! the dough was incredibly easy to work with and the bread was so chewy. My family devoured it! (all 7 of 'em) I wasn't sure about the cheddar, I thought that moz would be better, but I followed the recipe to a T and it was delicious. This will become a Maya family regular.

Best focaccia ever! Perfect recipe .. I wouldn't change a thing. The hardest part is stretching the dough to fit in the pizza pan (since it wants to shrink back up). This dough is soft. I guess it could be cooked for a few minutes before adding the toppings -- I haven't tried that yet. I've made this many times, and it's always awesome.

Excellent tasting bread. A little softer than most of the Focaccia I've made but that's not a bad thing. I had to add extra flour to get it to a consistency that worked for me. I used one large white onion, a mozzarella and cheddar mix cheese which worked well. Thanks so much for sharing.

Oh. My. Gosh. So crazy good. I only put one onion because the husband claims to not like them, but he devoured this bread and said, "You can make this any time!" Next time (and it will be soon) I'll use both onions. 0 people found this review Helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes | No By memaw #2 on August 19, 2008 great bread we loved it was very easy to make - thanks!

This is a terrific recipe. Really nice to serve for lunch and looks impressive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was so good, and so easy to make!!!! Thank you for sharing such a wonderful recipe!!! We will definitely be making this again!!!!!




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