Walnut Cranberry Focaccia

Walnut Cranberry Focaccia

Submitted By: Gordon Heavner

This is an easy bread to make, and goes well with a turkey holiday dinner. It's also great lightly toasted and used for sandwiches.

Ingredients

2-1/2 cups WATER

1 Tbl YEAST

2 Tbl SUGAR

1 Tbl SALT

1 Tbl BLACK PEPPER

1/4 cup MILK

1/2 cup OLIVE OIL

1 large EGG

9 cups FLOUR

1-1/2 cups WALNUTS, lightly toasted

1 cup DRIED CRANBERRIES

2 Tbl WALNUT OIL

1 Tbl COARSE SALT

Directions: Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm (not hot) water and let stand until yeast is active and bubbling.

Add salt, pepper, milk, olive oil & egg and mix together.

Add flour and knead for 15 minutes.

Lightly toast walnuts and crush with a rolling pin.

Add walnuts and cranberries to dough and knead until uniformly distributed.

Cover with a towel and let rise until doubled in size.

Preheat oven to 450 F.

Push dough onto 2 lightly greased 9 x 13 baking sheets, filling sheets uniformly.

Using your knuckles, made indentations on the dough.

Bake until golden brown, approximately 20 minutes.

Remove bread and place on a rack.

Drizzle breads with walnut oil and sprinkle with coarse salt.

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