Sweet Blueberry Focaccia Recipes

Steps:

• combine flour, sugar, yeast and salt in a large bowl.
• Add water and olive oil and mix into a soft dough.
• Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead by hand for 8 minutes or until the dough is smooth. Alternately you can use a mixer with a dough hook to mix and knead the dough. Knead it on med speed for approx 5 minutes.
• Form dough into a ball, lightly oil and place in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm spot for one hour or until doubled in size.
• Punch down the dough. Knead a few times and gently roll it out to an 8 by 11 inch rectangle (should be approx 3/4" thick).
• Carefully transfer the dough to a piece of baking parchment, cover and let rise for another 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 425°F If you have a suitable size pizza stone, place it in the oven when you turn it on and allow the stone to get nice and hot (if you are using a regular metal baking sheet do not preheat it!).
• When dough has finished it's second rise, dimple the surface with you finger and cover the top with blueberries. Gently press them into good contact with the dough (some may still roll off in the oven). Lightly sprinkle the surface with powdered cinnamon and sugar.
• carefully transfer the parchment and dough onto the pizza stone in the oven (or a baking sheet) bake on the middle rack for 15 - 20 minutes. Bread is done when nicely golden in colour and has a firm springy feel in the middle.
• Cool on a rack for 5-10 minutes. If you like, brush or drizzle some melted butter on the warm bread and sprinkle with a bit more sugar.
• Slice. Serve. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Tip the flour, yeast, caster sugar and cinnamon into a bowl with 1 tsp salt. Pour over 200ml warm water and the oil, then bring together into a sticky dough using your hands. Tip onto a lightly floured surface and knead for about 5 mins until the dough comes together into a smooth, tight ball. Scatter over most of the fruit and knead until just evenly distributed. Tip the dough into a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave to rise for 1 hr until doubled in size.
• Meanwhile, lightly oil a shallow 20-22cm cake tin. When the dough is ready, tip it into the oiled tin, stretch it to the side using your hands, then re-cover and leave to rest for another hour at room temp or put in the fridge overnight.
• Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Scatter the rest of the fruit over the top of the loaf, then use your fingertips to push the fruit down into the dough - this will also create large air bubbles. Scatter over the granulated sugar. Bake for 20-25 mins until the focaccia is puffed up and golden. Immediately brush with maple syrup, if using - this creates a sticky glaze. Cool in the tin for 5 mins, then remove to a wire rack and cool until just warm. Cut into wedges and enjoy, or spread with butter, jam or chocolate spread.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, yeast and salt. Add water and oil; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Pat each portion flat. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes. Press dough into two greased 12-in. pizza pans. Prick top of dough with a fork. Brush with butter. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over dough. Top with nuts. Let stand 10-15 minutes. , Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pans to wire racks. Combine confectioners' sugar and enough cream to achieve a glaze consistency; drizzle over warm bread.