Focaccia Bread (Gluten-Free)

This recipe comes to us from Dawn Baumgartner.

• Prepare the following: Put sugar in water and add yeast, set aside:
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 cup lukewarm water
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons Red Star rapid rising dry yeast (1 packet)
• Prepare the following: Whisk 6 ingredients below together and set aside:
  • 1 cup rice flour
  • ½ cup tapioca flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons xanthan gum
  • 1 tablespoon minced onion
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seed
  • ½ teaspoon salt
• Mix egg and olive oil together (below) and then add the sugar, yeast water mixture from above:
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
• Add the flour mix and beat on high for 2 minutes.
• Grease a 10 by 15 jelly roll an or a 9 by 15 flat cake pan with vegetable oil spray.
• Pour the dough into pan and spread (it doesnt really pour - just so you know--get out your favorite Pampered Chef spatula or one that doesnt stick to everything).
• Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil over dough and a dash of onion salt (optional) and the 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese (I generally use more than 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese).
• Cover and let rise 20-25 minutes - Heat oven to 400F - bake for 20-25 minutes.