Pretzel focaccia

One way to make a pretzel focaccia 

Ingredients: 

3 1/2 cups warm water

6 1/4 cups flour

2 tsp kosher salt

1 tsp yeast 

1 tbsp cold butter for pan and 3 tbsp butter melted

2 tbsp oil

For pretzel effect: 

2 tbsp baking soda

1/2 cup boiling water

Method: 

Mix flour, salt and yeast together

Gradually add the warm water with a wooden spoon

Cover her up

Let it rest unagitated for 12 to 18 hours

Take your sheet pan and some cold butter and rub every inch of that pan with butter, that way she'll really crisp up

 You'll also wanna get some olive oil on your pan, and your hands, measure it with your heart

Turn her out and give her a nice fit to a well oiled and well buttered pan

Combine boiling water and baking soda.  Mix it up with a pastry brush and then slather about half on.

Let rest for 30 minutes

Now

Place a rack in center of oven; preheat to 475°. Gently brush dough with reserved baking soda solution (you may not use it all). Bake 10 minutes. Rotate pan from front to back and brush focaccia with 3 Tbsp. melted butter; sprinkle generously with pretzel salt. Continue to bake until top is deeply browned (like a pretzel!) and underside looks browned and crispy when pried up with a spatula, about 10 minutes longer.

SPRINKLE THE TOP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SALT, I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH! I put waaaaay to much salt on this. I got carried away because so captivating was the pretzel effect with each sprinkle of salt, that I just kept doing it! Whoops!

 This focaccia was so salty, I could commune with the departed.

This focaccia was so salty, I could see time.  

I got this delightful recipe from Bon Appetit,  to whom I've built a kitchen shrine

Bon appetit Pretzel focaccia 

If you do it right, this is #thethingyoubring