Poll of the Day > So I've been into bread baking, and I think Focaccia is both easiest and best

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Super simple. No kneading or stand mixer required.

Bakes very quickly, and it's easy to tell when it's done. It looks beautiful.

Great for sandwiches, snacking on its own, or as base for a pizza.

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I really need (I'm passing up the pun here) to get more into baking bread. I did plenty in pastry school for the one term I had a breads class, and I would have done more during the heavier lockdown period, but bread flour was so hard to come by that I just haven't bothered since. Bread flour's considerably more available now (at least after moving), so I should stop slacking.

That said, I find foccacia isn't ideal as a sandwich bread. Tasty enough (though sometimes the oil and seasonings on top can overpower the sandwich, but that's easy to avoid if you're making your own), but it's an awkward shape that makes it harder to store than a regular loaf. For sandwiches at home, I'd rather something a bit more oblong.

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What's your personal recipe?

Ilike adding cheese to my bread, and it's one of the only places I like cheese


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can you eat it with eggs?

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No eggs.

I do a 75% hydration of bread flour.

For 400g of bread flour, that's
300g water at 40C
5g yeast
5g table sugar
5g kosher salt

Mix to combine, let rest covered for an hour

Mix again, then either proof overnight in fridge or at room temp for 3 hours

Shape and dimple in a heavily oiled 9x13

Oil and salt the top

Bake at 450F for about 25 min, until golden browned

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