Your kitchen is about to smell amazing.
Last year, it wasepic chocolate chip cookies.
Other ROTYs have included banana bread, coffee cake, and cinnamon rolls.
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What Stood Out to Me in the Recipe
My initial reaction to the choice offocacciawas, Smart!
Yes, its a yeasted bread, but this golden Italian specialty is simple and accessible.
Theres no kneading, electric mixer, or special flour required.
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Sarah Jampel, King Arthurs recipe development and test kitchen manager concurs.
As I read through the recipe, a couple of things stood out.
Another thing thats different about the Big and Bubbly Focaccia is that, you guessed it, its big!
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Most similar recipes are baked on a sheet pan for a thinner bread.
This one is baked in a 9-by-9 inch pan, for a taller, fluffier focaccia.
It pushes two inches high where the bubbles are the tallest," Jampel notes.
Then I transferred the dough to the baking pan and let it rise again.
After about 23 minutes I was in business, with warm, amazing-smelling focaccia, ready to be devoured.
(Well, it was supposed to cool first, but patience is not my strong suit.)
Nothing about preparing this recipe was difficult.
It only required one bowl (hooray!
), and the initial mixing of the ingredients took all of five minutes.
I knew that Jampel likes the bread forsandwiches.
So, I followed her lead, splitting it and layering in pesto, prosciutto, and arugula.
I left the remaining focaccia for my husband when I went out.
Unprompted, he texted me, That focaccia is fantastic.
And it’s easy enough that it can be a regular addition to our table.
Im confident that they succeeded.
