Cinnamon Sugar Focaccia Sticks.
Yesterday I was making this cinnamon sugar focaccia (OMG) and that’s not the bad thing (obviously), but as I was making it I was listening to the “country love song” station on Pandora and I don’t even know how I got there.
Ummmm what?
If you recall, I didn’t even like country music and then I went and married a country music fanatic and it’s somewhat growing on me (hello Blake Shelton, my boyfriend) but I have no interest in listening to songs about loving old guns and polishing dogs. Or whatever.
But it’s like that really weird time of year when you can’t listen to Christmas music anymore and I don’t even KNOW what to listen to and if you ask anyone who knows me (like my husband or an immediate family member) they’d probably qualify my taste in music as “horrific.” You know?
They just don’t know what a great album Sweet Kisses is… obviously.
See? This is why I have to make food that tastes good. I’m not exactly what one would call a friend magnet.
What I think would be reallllly smart of you (or… me?) is to make some sort of dessert-like panini with this focaccia. Right? Stick some chocolate and peanut butter in there and grill that thing. Or maybe peanut butter and banana. Or maybe marshmallow fluff. Yes.
I have all sorts of tricks up my sleeve.
Cinnamon Sugar Focaccia
makes one 9×13 dish
[adapted from Tyler Florence]
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
3 tablespoons honey
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons canola oil
1/2 cup granulated sugar (more if desired), mixed with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon above
2-3 tablespoons melted butter
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment, combine water, yeast and honey. Stir a few times to help yeast dissolve, then let sit for about 10 minutes – until foamy. Add in flours, salt and 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and mix so a dough begins to form. While mixing, stream in 2 tablespoons of canola oil. Mix until a ball of dough forms (about 2-3 minutes), then “knead” on low speed for 5-6 minutes. If dough becomes too sticky, add a bit more flour. I did not find that necessary.
After kneading, remove dough and form into a ball with your hands. Brush a large bowl with 1 teaspoon of canola oil and add the dough, turning to coat. Place in a warm area and cover with a slightly damp towel to rise for 1-1 1/2 hours.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Brush a 9×13 dish with the remaining canola oil. Dump dough onto a floured workspace and shape into a 9×13 rectangle with your hands. Place into the dish and set back in the warm place, covered, to rise for 15-20 minutes.
Press your thumb into the dough to create indentations (as many as you want, i did about 6 in a row), then brush with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake on the lowest rack of your oven for 15-20 minute. Remove and let cool for 5 minutes, then turn over onto a wire rack or countertop. Brush bottom with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, and let sit for 10 minutes. Flip bread over, and brush with remaining butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar again if desired. Cut and serve!
I definitely dipped those sticks in more melted butter and cinnamon sugar. Do it!
136 Comments on “Cinnamon Sugar Focaccia Sticks.”
Good god that looks great. I made a Rosemary Foccacia for the first time recently and fell in love with yeasty bread making. This looks amazing and would be awesome for a brunch.
If you DIDN’T dip those sticks in more melted butter and cinnamon sugar I would’ve had to have been mad at you. These look incredibly – I NEVER EVER would’ve thought of a sweet version of foccacia!
Oh my goodness, these are fabulous!
Um… YES. That is all I have to say about that.
Yummy!
Wow!!! Extremely impressive and the cinnamon sugar twist was a brilliant idea. I’m thinking French toast sticks??? :)
OK, call me crazy but this recipe is harkening back memories of Burger King French toast sticks. Loooks good!
Oh these look sooooo good! I love the thumb indentations.
And I love all the cinnamon and sugar. I just posted about snickerdoodles and thought of you when I was rolling the balls through cinnamon and sugar. I know you love it. Me too! :)
Beautiful!!
Miracles do happen.
How stinkin’ cute! It’s like a pizza shop’s cinny sticks but WAY better and healthier!!
We must have the same boyfriend, I am obsessed with Blake Shelton :)
I feel like the little thumb prints make it taste better!
I am stuck in the SAME music rut right now! I cannot go from Christmas to Ke$ha…I just CAN’T! If you find a happy medium, holla.
P.S. the foccacia looks friggin’ fabulous.
Why do you make things that seem so hard look so easy?
Oooh, that looks amazing! I love focaccia, but a sweet version? Awesome! Can’t wait to try this :D
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Good gracious. WANT!
Oh yum! I would totally make this just to have a peanut butter, banana, and honey sandwich!
At least you have incredible cooking skills to wow those friends and your man… I don’t even have a boy toy. These look great. I have a whole jar of coconut oil and coconut flakes sitting in my pantry right now… I might try subbing the canola oil for coconut oil and omitting the cinnamon and processing some coconut into tiny pieces and adding that to the sugar mixture… I’ll let you know how much of a failure it will probably turn out to be!
Came across this recipe on Pinterest and not only am I repinning, but I’m excited to be your newest follower! I browsed through your recipes and every one of them looks amazing :) Can’t wait to see what else you have in store!
These are just fantastic!!
Everything is better sprinkled with cinnamon & sugar! It just is.
Those look incredible, I need them in my life asap. I never liked country music either – correction, the only country music I liked was the old school Reba McEntire my mom used to blare in the 80’s – but I keep liking random songs and downloading them on my ipod…. Sugarland, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley… what is going on?!?!
What a fun recipe. Sounds so good too using Focaccia bread.
O.M.G. Gimme. Please?
I’m willing to exchange friendship for cinnamon sugar focaccia sticks. ;)
Oh. My. God. I just found you and I love you! Thank you for making me laugh out loud at work.
What temperature do you bake these at? It doesn’t say in the directions.
Oops so sorry! 400 degrees. Just fixed it. :)
These look amazing!! I’m going to have to try these! :)
What about strawberries and cream cheese? Yum!!! Or even pumpkin butter and cream cheese… Possibilities are endless!
Also, you should check out Will Hoge and Sean McConnell, I think you might dig them – country-ish without being country! ;)
Oh my goodness, you’re killing me with this! Here I thought I was sick of sweets for a while, but now I’m totally craving these. And, yes, a dessert panini would be off the charts. With Nutella.
I’ve never thought of doing a sweet focaccia! What a great idea. Now if CA would just cooperate and have cooler weather so I want to hangout all day and make bread. Harumph.
Looks great. I am just getting into bread making. I think this is now on my to do list.
Guess what I JUST made on Monday?? My first EVER Focaccia! I’ve never made it before & was intimidated b/c it uses yeast, but I totally pulled it off! I couldn’t believe it. I guess I shouldn’t be so scared of using yeast.
Now I HAVE to make this. I’m on a roll with the whole making my own bread thing :)
Oh my goodness!!! These look like some fine work of art, my dear!
I would SO be eating that WHOLE 9×13-inch dish ALL. BY. MYSELF.
And I wouldn’t share neither.
So there.
(raspberries)
I remember always getting soggy cinnamon sugar sticks at summer camp and I would cover them in maple syrup :) I can’t wait to try these, they make me want to lick the page!
These look delicious!!! Have to try them this weekend. Suffering from the same music rut every morning at work this week. Pleeeasaase tell me by Sweet Kisses you are referencing Jessica Simpson’s album?! I have a mad obsession with her and her adorable baby bump! I think I just found the solution to my music issue!!
drool
I’d dip these in butter, sugar, fo shizzle. And then in chocolate. And then in butter again.
This is genius. As is the country love song station on pandora. I like country music, my husband swears it off but he’s really in love with Taylor Swift, and Garth Brooks. And he’s ready to add a few more to the list. I’m converting him.
I can empathize. I used to loathe country music. Then I went to school in Virginia for 3 years. Now, country music is my favorite genre! I used to be embarrassed about it, but now I just embrace it.
Also, this recipe sounds to-die-for amazing!
I love to make focaccia and I have never thought of any sweet variations! I cannot wait to try this one!
I have never thought of sweet focaccia before, but this sounds great. Anything cinnamonny is great, though, right?!
LOVE
First of all, that looks amazing! Second, I think if this was combined with nutella (panini? dunked straight in the jar?) it would be world rocking. Just saying… :)
Yum! I love the idea of taking something that is typically savory and making it sweet.
Those look great!!
All I can think is “WHY are these not dipped in chocolate OR the glaze from cinnamon rolls?!?” They look amazing- nice work!
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I love cooking in kitchen, and i like this recipe, it look delicious, thanks