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I too make focaccia fairly regularly and mine doesn't look like either of them. I use a Peter Reinhart recipe, and it is usually baked in a square pan. I also bake it as buns. I don't know if this still qualifies as focaccia, but I also take the same recipe, add raisins and dried cranberries and bake it in a pain de mie pan. Whenever we visit 2 particular family members, they always ask for a loaf. Like so:
I too make focaccia fairly regularly and mine doesn't look like either of them. I use a Peter Reinhart recipe, and it is usually baked in a square pan. I also bake it as buns. I don't know if this still qualifies as focaccia, but I also take the same recipe, and raisins and dried cranberries and bake it in a pain de mie pan. Whenever we visit 2 particular family members, they always ask for a loaf. Like so:
