Of all the gluten free recipes, yeast bread seems to scare folks the most. Visions of long rise times, punching the dough and yeast collapse are enough to keep most from even attempting a gluten free bread recipe. While I have lots of tips to make gluten free bread making easier, there really is nothing easier than this 10 minute gluten free focaccia recipe.
Choose your own liquid: gluten-free beer, sparkling water, gingerale, hard cider … whatever suits your fancy! (The bubbles in carbonated liquids tend to make the bread even lighter)
Use the scratch recipe below or try my award-winning gfJules Bread Mix for an even easier, no-fail gluten free bread baking experience: save yourself a bit of shopping, measuring and mixing, and rely on the results!
Your home will be filled with the wonderful smells of yeast bread within the hour, with only a 1/2 hour rise, no punching anything (!) and a quick 10 minute bake in the oven!
Yet another option is to use my gfJules Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix! Follow the instructions on the mix to prepare the dough, then press it out as focaccia instead. Decorate or just sprinkle with herbs — there are already some savory herbs in the pizza crust mix! So good!
You don’t even need a bread pan to make this yummy bread. A cookie sheet with sides or even a large brownie pan will do. It’s so soft and irresistible to pull apart and dip in oil and vinegar or just eat as delicious bread!
The larger the pan, the thinner you can spread the dough to make the focaccia, but if you like yours a bit thicker, use a smaller pan and bake a few minutes longer.
There’s really no wrong way to make this!
So if you’ve been afraid to try your hand at making gluten free bread, there’s no time like now and no recipe like this one! The sooner you try, the sooner you’ll be impressing your family and friends and enjoying delicious homemade gluten free bread!
And speaking of impressive, have you ever tried your hand at Bread Art? Grab whatever herbs, olives, tomatoes, radishes … you get the idea … you have on hand, and design an edible masterpiece with your gluten free focaccia. It’s a canvas just begging to be utilized.
Using my gfJules Gluten Free Bread Mix, you’ll get two good sized focaccia or one large focaccia — either way.
Just lay your raw ingredients on top of the unrisen dough first …
Brush on olive oil (or spread the dough with well-oiled hands), rise, then bake!
Each one is beautiful, unique and so good!! These were inspired by one of my favorite local modern artists, Sheep Jones, and her root vegetable paintings. What will inspire yours?
Honestly, I open my fridge and see what I have on hand, cut into fun shapes and use the gluten free focaccia dough as the canvas. It’s beautiful every time.
Just spread out the dough with lots of olive oil on your palms to keep it from sticking. This step does double duty as it also applies oil to the top of the dough to seal in the moisture while baking and also help it to brown. Then lay out your herbs, veggies, mushrooms, sprouts, olives, capers, cracked pepper — whatever you have!
Then set it aside to rise for about 30 minutes. I like an oven preheated to 200F then turned off for this this purpose, but if your kitchen is already warm, just cover the gluten free focaccia with oiled parchment.
Then put it in a preheated oven to bake for only 10 minutes and out comes the most beautiful edible art you’ve ever enjoyed!
And if you use my all-in, award-winning gfJules Bread Mix, this truly is the EASIEST bread you’ve ever made!!! No special pans, no funky ingredients, no fancy techniques … just great bread and a super fun, tasty reward at the end!
But don’t take my word for it! Check out these gorgeous award winners in the gfJules Bread Art contest I recently hosted!
Of course, you can also follow my from-scratch recipe and add a few more ingredients using my gfJules Flour. It’s equally delicious!
Serve as traditional focaccia, with your favorite meats and cheeses, fruits, or a simple balsamic and olive dip, honey, or slice it in half and use it for sandwich bread! What could be easier than that?
As my (non-gluten free) father puts it: “Why would anyone make any other gluten free bread when this one is delicious and so quick to make?”
I can’t argue with that!
So grab a gfJules Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix, gfJules Gluten Free Bread Mix or bag of my gfJules Gluten Free All Purpose Flour and have fun!
I’d love to hear which you make this delicious gluten free focaccia recipe with, and if you love it, please leave a 5-star review!
10 Minute Gluten Free Focaccia Recipe
10 Minute Gluten Free Focaccia Recipe
This easy recipe for gluten free bread will become a staple when you see both how fast it is to make and how versatile it can be! Add herbs, cheese, olives ... or nothing at all! Wonderful bread is only a ten minute bake away!
Ingredients
OR FROM SCRATCH:
- 3 1/2 cups gfJules® All-Purpose Gluten Free Flour
- 1/4 cup dry milk powder, dairy or non-dairy (e.g. Coconut Milk Powder)
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- 1-2 tsp. chopped, fresh rosemary, thyme or other herbs (optional)
PLUS liquids + yeast:
- 2 Tbs. honey OR agave nectar or coconut palm nectar
- 1 1/4 cup room temperature liquid: gluten-free beer, sparkling water, 7-up, hard cider, etc. {with UPDATED bread mix may use water}
- 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 large eggs (or 2 Tbs. flax or chia seed meal steeped for 10 minutes in 6 Tbs. hot water)
- 1 packet (2 1/4 tsp.) rapid rise or bread machine yeast, gluten-free (like Red Star Quick Rise®) -- yeast packet included with gfJules® Bread Mix
- 1 Tbs. chopped, fresh herbs (optional)
- 1 Tbs. coarse sea salt (optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 200° F.
If baking with scratch recipe, whisk these dry ingredients together in a large bowl: gfJules Flour, milk powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt and herbs.
In the large mixing bowl of a stand mixer or a large mixing bowl by hand, stir together the liquid ingredients (honey, beer/ale, apple cider vinegar, oil and egg or flax seed and water mixture). Gradually add the whisked dry ingredients or gfJules Bread Mix in by pouring slowly into the bowl while mixing with the paddle attachment.
Once incorporated, add the yeast granules and beat well for at least 2-3 more minutes. (Note: Mixing may be done by hand but hand mixer not recommended.)
Prepare a cookie sheet or other pan with sides by lining with parchment and then oiling the parchment.
Spoon the dough onto prepared pan. Smooth the top with a rubber spatula, lay out herbs or sprinkle with toppings, then cover with a piece of parchment sprayed with cooking oil. For focaccia as pictured, spread the dough to a thickness of 1/4-1/2 inch.
Place the covered pan in a warm spot like an oven preheated to 200° F then turned off. Allow to rise for 30 minutes, if possible. If baked right away without rising, the focaccia will rise and then fall a bit while cooling.
After rising, remove the cover from the raised dough and press into the focaccia every 2 inches or so with your thumb, to make dimples. Brush the top of the dough generously with olive oil and transfer to a preheated convection oven set to 325° F or a preheated static oven set to 350° F.
Cook for approximately 10 minutes, depending on the size of your pan. A toothpick inserted into the center of the focaccia should come out clean and it should be starting to lightly brown. Remove to a cooling rack. When cooled for 15 minutes, gently remove from the pan and serve.
For sandwich bread, cut squares of focaccia to the size sandwich you like, and then slice in half horizontally to make two pieces of sandwich bread.
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Check out some other great bread recipes here at gfJules.com by typing in “bread” to the search bar or choosing the “bread” tab under Recipes. You’ll find everything from gluten free bread sticks to gluten free pull-apart rolls! I even have recipes for yeast-free breads!
Pin for next time you need a quick and easy gluten free bread recipe!
This is a lot for just the 2 of us. Can it be divided and frozen? If so, before or after baking? My apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere. I did not find it in the comments. I am looking forward to trying this – everything else I have made using your excellent flour has been great. Thanks. KGM
Hi Kathleen, no worries about the question! Did you see the photos that show two different focaccias side by side? That’s what I’d recommend doing if you want to freeze one for later. Go ahead and bake and allow it to cool, then wrap well and freeze for later. Of course, after you enjoy one, you might decide not to freeze it after all — so yummy!!! We eat this gluten free focaccia for dinner and then use the leftovers as bread for all kinds of things, plus it stays soft for several days, especially with my new updated bread mix! Either way, enjoy!
~jules
my beautiful Hawaiian pizza using GF Jules flour and the focaccia recipe
Oh wow, Sue — that IS beautiful!!! I could just dive in right now!!!! Thanks so much for sharing your delicious pic!!!
~jules
Jules what is the difference between your sandwich bread mix and regular bread mix? I made and loved recipe but want to male again. Sandwich bread mix is only available in starter pack. Can I use the regular bread mix? thanks
Hi Kate – great question! The mixes are the same, we just updated the name because the bread mix makes so much more than just sandwich bread! Sorry for any confusion, though!!! Happy bread baking!
~jules
Thanks so much. Here’s a photo of my first try. Even my non-gf husband loved it!
Oh Kate, it’s gorgeous!!!! How pretty and fluffy! SO glad your hubby loved it too!!!!
~jules