Focaccia - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3 1/4 cups unbleached flour
    2 tablespoons fast rising yeast
    1 teaspoon salt
    3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus a little for brushing
    1 1/4 cups warm water (more or less)
    sea salt (but I wouldn't leave it out) (optional)
Preparation
    In a large bowl combine the flour, yeast and salt.
    Using a wooden spoon, stir to mix well.
    Add the 3 tbs olive oil.
    While stirring, add the warm water until all of the flour absorbs and a dough forms.
    You may need more or less of the water.
    No biggie.
    Gather dough into a ball and transfer to a floured work surface.
    Knead until soft and elastic, not sticky.
    Probably 10 min or so.
    Place dough in a lightly oiled and warmed bowl, turning several times to coat it with oil.
    Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place till doubles, around 45-75 minutes.
    Position rack on lower part of oven and preheat to 400 degrees.
    Brush a 10x15 baking pan with olive oil and set aside.
    Punch down dough and transfer to foured surface.
    Knead a few times and let rise for 5 minutes.
    With palms form into a rectangle about 4x8 inches.
    Transfer into pan.
    Stretch and pat the dought to fit pan completely end evenly.
    Cover with plastic wrap and let rise about 1 inch (30 min or so).
    Using fingertips, make'dimple' indentations in the dough about 2 inches apart.
    Brush surface with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt.
    Bake til golden brown, about 30-40 minutes.
    Let cool for a few minutes, cut into squares and serve warm.
    Before baking, you can also add roasted red peppers.
    It's absolutely delicious.

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