This Gluten Free Focaccia Bread has the perfect texture and taste! It’s flavour is made even better with roasted garlic, rosemary and tomatoes! Great for easy bread making, to go with soups and to make sandwiches!!
This Gluten Free Focaccia Bread says to me “live your best life always”. If you’re like me, then you believe that you should be living your best life throughout the week too, not just on the weekends. The Mr. and I have been making a real effort to make all of our meals at home this month because of our big trip (telling you about that soon!).
Since we ascribe to this philosophy, we are meal-prepping lots of delicious, healthy, and exciting dishes! That exciting element is really what makes cooking at home something to truly look forward to, and what continues to make all of our at home meals so enticing for us. A great example? A warm bowl of homemade chili that has filled your house with amazing aromatics with a slice (or two) of this fresh, perfectly textured and fragrant gluten-free focaccia. Let me tell you friends – once you make this focaccia, you’re going to want to put it on your meal prep list.
I’ve always been a focaccia lover. In fact, I’ve always loved homemade bread. Whenever we buy bread, it’s been from our local bakery. It’s one of those small life treats that I’ve promised myself. That can get pretty expensive pretty quickly though, so we love to make some of our favourite bought treats at home. For me, that would be this Garlic, Rosemary, Tomato and Focaccia Bread. Just typing the name makes me want it all over again!!
What I love about this focaccia bread is just how easy it is to make. Forget kneading. Forget difficult dough. This is easy peasy, and yes you can do it while binging your favourite tv show. To make this masterpiece, I used Bob’s Red Mills’ Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour.
I mean, if you’ve been here before, you know I am a Bob’s Red Mill lover. It’s our favourite gluten free flour and brand in general, because of so many reasons. Such high-quality ingredients, perfect replacements, and easy to find in any store. I used this Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour here because it works so well as a replacement for regular gluten flour. It gave this focaccia that familiar texture and rise! I was so impressed, and the Mr. was equally impressed. We decided to “taste test” a few more slices, you know, for recipe testing sake. Shh.
Other things you can do with this bread? Make great sandwiches, and pair with pretty much every meal you’re having. This is particularly perfect if you have family members with gluten-free allergies, or if you’re like me and always feel better eating gluten-free products. It takes about 15 minutes of “on” time, then an hour to rise, then bake it off and enjoy! Easy peasy.
Let’s talk about those flavour additions, though. The bits of garlic become roasted when baking, so if you’re like me, you basically end up eating bits from your slice to eat on their own because they are SO good. The tomatoes become burst, sweet caramelised bits. I love tomatoes like crazy, so you know I’m here for that! The rosemary makes the whole house SO fragrant, so don’t skip it! Then the sea salt. Ah!! Each bite had the perfect contrast that just thinking about it is making my mouth water again. It really balanced out all the flavours.
So there’s the bread. Eat up, and enjoy friends! Remember, live your best life!
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Q: How do I know if my yeast is active?
A: If you’re like me, you’ve had your yeast for a while in your fridge, and you’re wondering if it’s still good. Test it first to double-check: 2 ¼ teaspoons of yeast + ½ teaspoon sugar in ½ cup of warm water. Swirl, let it sit for like 10 minutes, and then come back to check on it. It should have blossomed (lots of bubbles on top, raised and very foamy!) and then you know it’s working!
Q: How important is the heat of my water?
A: Very important. It’s crucial to the baking of the dough. Ensure that your water isn’t too hot, and not too cold. It should be able 120 degrees F. Hotter and it’ll kill the yeast, colder and it won’t be activated. So get your warm water as soon as your about to mix it in to ensure the best results.
Q: How long will my focaccia stay fresh?
A: On the counter, it’ll stay fresh in an airtight container for 2 days. After that (or even before that) you should freeze it carefully in slices, and then just reheat the slices when you want them in your toaster oven! I do this all the time for fresh bread and it produces the BEST results. If you have a particularly humid kitchen, I would freeze it after day one.
This is sponsored post by Bob’s Red Mill. Thanks so much for supporting the brands who support Jessica in the Kitchen! All texts and opinions are my own.
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My husband really misses eating bread since he had to go GF. I made this recipe when we had company and it was an instant hit. Everyone enjoyed it including the people who do not eat GF
ahhh I love focaccia too! And Bob’s Red Mill-the fact that there’s garlic and rosemary and tomatoes just makes it even tastier!! I never would’ve guessed it was gluten free
Hi Jessica, this recipe looks amazing . how do you know when the water is 120 degrees and also can you use coconut sugar to activate the yeast- I don’t have regular sugar .thanks!
It looks so good! I have never tried any bread with tomato, gonna give this recipe a try. Thank you for sharing!
So glad I came across this recipe! It’s the best gluten free bread I’ve made. Always keep some in my freezer
Aww thank you so much Ida!! Truly appreciate your comment and so happy that you enjoyed!!
Hello,
I can’t wait to try this! Could I substitute bob’s red mill coconut flour?
Thank you!
Hi Bernadette thank you so much for reading! Coconut flour would be too thick for this recipe.
My bread didn’t not rise when baking and did not get the bread texture. Can you pkeasectell.me what when wrong
Hi Cherie! SO sorry to hear this. Let me ask a couple of questions to maybe help. Did you weigh out the ingredients? Also are you sure that your instant yeast is still good, have you tested it?
Wow! One of the best GF breads I’ve ever made, and SO easy! Thank you, I’ll be making this recipe a million times again!
This was delicious! It was more of a thick batter than a dough. I decorated mine with assorted veggies as well as rosemary and parsley with a sprinkle of sea salt. Drizzling the olive oil over it before baking is important, because it made the bottom and edges nice and crispy. I will definitely make this again – thanks for sharing the recipe!
Thank you so much for your review, Rosemarie! We’re happy that you like it and that you’ll be making it again.