Use a dough hook or flat blade for making focaccia?

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I am getting into bread making and I found a simple focaccia recipe. It says to mix the dough for 60 seconds.

Should I use a dough hook or a flat blade, please?

Thanks.

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Do you have the actual recipe link? My guess is that if using the dough hook for only 60 seconds you won’t come far.

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Agree that the flat blade is probably what they mean, especially if that mixing is happening early on in the recipe. Dough hook is more for the kneading stage. Also, I can’t resist mentioning my go-to focaccia method, slow rise. Essentially you mix the dough with a spatula and then stretch and fold a couple of times before covering the dough and stashing in cool place to slowly rise.

Reliable example of the no-knead method - https://alexandracooks.com/2018/03/02/overnight-refrigerator-focaccia-best-focaccia/

She also has a sourdough focaccia that is my preference. Happy baking!

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I used to make focaccia for a living.

And no matter the recipe, always use your hands to knead the dough.

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I use a silicon spatula.

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I can’t post links yet. It is a recipe from King Arthur’s beginners bread recipe.

I used a flat blade. That worked fine.

Thanks.

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Interestingly enough, the recipe I used did not have any kneading involved.

It was in their easiest recipes for beginners.

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Right, cuz they wanted the use of an attachment, a hook or blade of some sort, which is always inferior to human hands.