Roasted Garlic Focaccia

1 Bread Machine Pizza Crust* or your favorite pizza dough recipe

*1/3 cup of chopped, fresh basil and oregano

3 medium-sized heads of garlic (or 4-5 small ones, or 1-2 large ones)

Olive oil

Cornmeal (optional) for baking pan

Sea salt

Black pepper

• Add bread machine pizza crust ingredients to bread machine.
• Add chopped fresh basil and oregano to bread machine.
• Start bread machine on dough setting.
• (Alternatively, prepare your favorite recipe with herbs added.)

• Gather heads of garlic and slice in half, crosswise. (You should have a top and bottom, not two sides. You should be able to see a cross-section of all the cloves inside.)
• Place garlic on a large piece of foil, cut sides up.
• Drizzle garlic with olive oil.
• Wrap foil around the garlic and seal to create a packet.
• Roast garlic packet in a 375º oven for 30-40 minutes (until cloves are soft and mashable).
• Remove garlic packet from oven, open and allow to cool slightly.

• When cool, squeeze garlic cloves from the papery skins into a small bowl.
• Drizzle a little olive oil over the garlic cloves and mash with a fork.
• Set aside.

• Prepare desired baking sheet by spreading with a thin layer of oil, then sprinkling with cornmeal. (I used a 16x12” rimmed cookie sheet.)
• When focaccia dough is ready, gently stretch to fit your baking sheet.
• Once stretched, place on baking sheet and poke all over with fingers to make indentations. (These will make little pockets for the toppings.)
• Spread mashed roasted garlic evenly over the surface of the dough.
• Sprinkle with sea salt and black pepper to taste.
• Bake at 425º for 15-20 minutes, until edges are golden brown.
• Allow to cool slightly, cut into pieces, and enjoy!