I love Focaccia bread and making it from scratch isn’t too hard, though it does take some time. So I created this shortcut focaccia bread recipe using premade pizza dough because it’s super easy and almost totally hands off. I say almost because you will still press down on the dough to form the holes to add your olive oil and toppings. Other than that, there is no kneading, minimal rising time and this delicious focaccia bread is done in about 50 minutes prep to finish! Which means, I can make it last minute with a meal!
This focaccia also has that delicious signature chew that focaccia bread has as well as the perfect rise and good dough flavor development. You can add whatever toppings you love on your focaccia to this bread, I will list some options below.
I love to use the Trader joes pre-made pizza dough for this but you can use any pre-made pizza dough and it should work perfectly. The same idea applies to no knead bread you may have hanging out in your refrigerator if you are a baker. My mom and sisters used to always have some hanging out in the refrigerator but I fully realize that isn’t normal so store bought pizza dough works great!
Here is how you make this shortcut focaccia bread:
Makes 1 – 8 x 8 pan
- 1 pound or 16 ounces premade pizza dough
- 1/4 cup olive oil – more or less according to preference
- Italian Herbs or herbs of choice – dried or fresh
- Any toppings you love, like:
- olives
- sundried tomatoes
- cheese
- onions
- vegetables
- peppers
- roasted garlic
- sprinkle of salt on top
Instructions
- Warm your oven to around 100 degrees then shut if off.
- Grease a 8 x 8 baking sheet, glass or metal.
- Add your pizza dough and press dough out to fill the pan.
- Cover the top of the pan with plastic wrap and place in warm oven for 30 minutes then remove from the oven.
- Preheat the oven to 375 F. if using glass or 400 F for a metal pan.
- Grease your fingers with olive oil or cooking spray and press down all over the dough to make holes.
- Drizzle olive oil over the top and into the holes.
- Top with herbs and desired toppings.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until bread feels cooked through.
- Remove from oven and enjoy!
Here are a few other recipes you may love:
Easy Naan Bread
Pellet Grill Cornbread
Pumpkin Cornbread
Overnight Orange Rolls
Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
Overnight Belgian Waffles
Overnight bagels
Shortcut Focaccia Bread
Ingredients
- 1 pound or 16 ounces premade pizza dough
- 1/4 cup olive oil – more or less according to preference
- Italian Herbs or herbs of choice – dried or fresh
- Any toppings you love like:
- olives
- sundried tomatoes
- cheese
- onions
- vegetables
- peppers
- roasted garlic
- sprinkle of salt on top
Instructions
- Warm your oven to around 100 degrees then shut if off.
- Grease a 8 x 8 baking sheet, glass or metal.
- Add your pizza dough and press out to fill the pan.
- Cover the top of the pan with plastic wrap and place in warm oven for 30 minutes then remove from the oven.
- Preheat the oven to 375 F. if using glass or 400 F for a metal pan.
- Grease your fingers with olive oil or cooking spray and press down all over the dough to make holes.
- Drizzle olive oil over the top and into the holes.
- Top with herbs and desired toppings.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until bread feels cooked through.
- Remove from oven and enjoy!