Halloween Focaccia Bread with Olives

Serves 12 in about 3 hours. An oven recipe built around dinner rolls and mushrooms.

Ingredients

• Olive oil
• 18 frozen dinner rolls
• Kosher salt, to taste
• Italian seasoning, to taste
• Garlic powder, to taste
• 2 orange bell peppers
• Fresh parsley
• Mushrooms
• Olives

Method

1. Spray the baking dish generously with cooking spray and add a little olive oil.
2. Tip in the frozen bread roll dough pieces to the pan, spaced evenly apart, in one layer.
3. Cover with plastic wrap and place dish in a warm area.
4. Leave it to the rolls thaw and rise to about double in size. Don't leave them out too long as they can over proof and your bread will be flat.
5. While the bread is rising, you can prep your design.
6. When the rolls have risen, remove the plastic wrap and use your clean fingers, in a kind of claw position, to poke them all (they will deflate and have dimples).
7. Brush on 1 to 2 Tablespoons of olive oil over the top of the dough.
8. Scatter on some kosher salt as needed.
9. Scatter on Italian seasoning and garlic powder as needed.
10. Warm oven to 375°F.
11. Arrange your design on the seasoned dough. You can't go wrong here. Just make sure your veggies aren't wet.
12. Cook the focaccia at 375°F for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the top is just golden.
13. Leave it to cool n the pan a while, then transfer to a cutting board, or serve from the dish, if you want.
14. Loosen the bottom of the focaccia bread with a metal spatula as it can stick to the pan a little.
15. Plate with some marinara sauce or other dip, or alongside soup or meats and cheeses.

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