I do not consider myself a baker, but I am a good cook! We often do a lot of cooking as a family, especially as all three of our children love helping out in the kitchen. When it comes to baking, however, I tend to my two homemade muffin recipes, my one cake recipe, and then trying out box mixes. I came across Wright’s Baking Orange Cake Mix, which came out far better than expected, so I was excited to try the Wright’s Baking Garlic & Rosemary Focaccia Bread Mix. If you don’t know, Focaccia is often quite challenging to make, especially as the dough often needs to rest over night, but this pre-made mix actually said it only needed to rest three times, at 15 minutes each.
Apart from the little paper bag of bread mix, we just needed some olive oil and some warm water to make it. The process was very simple; Amelia and I added the mix to our stand mixer, then added in the warm water. We let the stand mixer, with the hook attachment, do all the hard work – mixing the dough for around 5 minutes, as per the package instructions. Instantly, we both could smell the rosemary and garlic. I am always surprised when pre-made mixes actually have a ton of flavor, as that feels not so common. There were tons of bits of rosemary and the garlic smell (and flavor when it was done) was fantastic!
Amelia then kneaded the dough for a few minutes, then it was back to resting, before resting in a pan, and then dimpling and resting one last time. We covered the focaccia with olive oil and Amelia did a design! She used tomatoes, spring onions, peppers, carrots, celery leaves and garlic to create little flowers and grass on her bread, before we baked it in the oven.
I have made focaccia from scratch a few times, and without the resting of the bread for several hours, it’s been far less airy then the focaccia from Wright’s Baking! This bread had a crusty outside and a fluffy inside. When we tried it, with a bit of butter, we could really taste all of the flavors. It came out absolutely fantastically.
I have to get some of this mix! Your bread came out wonderfully. It looks so good!
I have never made my own focaccia bread before. I will have to get a mix like this and give it a go
It’s so good to eat and it’s fun to bake too. We love focaccia bread.
I so ahve to try this mix myself and I love the flowers made out of veggies that you added to it! So pretty and I know it has to be so delicious too!
I’ve seen these a lot lately and have been wanting to try one! Going to try this! Love your review!
Foccacia is such a delicious bread. I love how people make food art out of it too! Yours looks lovely ^_^
It’s great to hear that even non-bakers can whip up something so tasty with just a few simple steps.
This looks great, glad you guys had fun! It’s always wonderful to take time out to cook or bake and try new things. This looks like a delicious treat to try out soon, thanks for sharing!
Looks delicious! Also a great way to get kids baking in the kitchen, as it is looks super easy. I can’t wait to bake with Wright’s Focaccia Bread Mix myself
omg this looks sooo good!!! I love Focaccia but never baked it myself. I can’t wait to try this mix, it is easy to follow.