Focaccia Journey - Second Batch With Mixed Results - January 2025
Last week, I included a mention of _Laceybakes_ - the focaccia baker on TikTok amongst other little pizza-related tidbits in a round-up post . Her videos influenced me to make a batch of focaccia this past weekend. I opted for a simple olive oil and garlic butter-topped bread. I was too impatient (and didn't plan well-enough), so I ended up doing a same-day dough - which lead to an underwhelming hole-structure. Below are a few photos. This is the second-ever batch of focaccia that I've made - with my original research back in 2022 . Some notes: I used the stand-mixer to do the initial incorporation. That was a mistake. Think I over-worked this dough. I did about five-or-so rounds of stretch-and-folds. That was probably fine. I dimpled this focaccia *and then* let it keep rising. Pretty sure...that I should have dimpled-it right ahead of the bake. Also, as I mentioned above, there was no cold...