Olive Quick Bread With Cumin And Oregano Food

OLIVE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Place rack in lower third of the the oven and preheat to 350F.
• Grease a loaf pan.
• Whisk together the first 5 ingredients.
• In a bowl, whisk eggs, milk, and oil.
• Add the flour mixture and lightly mix together.
• add the nuts and olives.
• Stir until blended.
• Place batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes and unmold onto rack.

OLIVE & ONION QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat., In a large bowl, whisk flour, rosemary, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk eggs, buttermilk and melted butter until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in 1/4 cup cheese, olives and onion., Transfer to a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake 40 minutes. Sprinkle remaining cheese over top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 5-10 minutes longer. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.

OLIVE OIL BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix together the warm water (110 degrees), yeast, sugar, salt, and olive oil. Stir in 2 cups of the flour in order to make a soft ball. Knead in additional flour so that dough is soft and not sticky. Place kneaded dough in a medium size greased bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled in size.
• Punch down dough, and form into ball or loaf shape. Place onto a greased cookie sheet. Cover and let rise for 15 to 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, until golden brown.

OLIVE QUICK BREAD WITH CUMIN AND OREGANO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Coat a 9x5-inch loaf pan or a baking sheet with oil or nonstick spray.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, oregano, and cumin in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Stir with a fork or whisk to distribute.
• Add beaten egg, milk, and oil. Stir until moistened. Stir in olives and nuts if using.
• Smooth dough into 9x5-inch loaf pan, or form dough into a ball shape, place on pan, and flatten into a round about 3 inches high and 8 or 9 inches in diameter. Brush a little olive oil on the top if desired.
• Bake about 40 minutes, or until brown and knife inserted into the center comes out clean.

OLIVE BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the oil, sugar, salt and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a firm dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Roll into a 16-in. x 12-in. rectangle. Sprinkle olives to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seams to seal and tuck ends under. Place seam side down on a greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 20 minutes., Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

OLIVE - CHEESE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Grease a loaf pan; set aside. Preheat oven to 350.
• In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients and the cheese; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, lightly beat egg; stir in milk and oil, mixing well.
• Add onion to the egg-milk, mix; then stir into flour mixture--do not over-mix, just get things moist.
• Spoon half of batter into prepared pan. Arrange 28 olives on their sides, 4 rows of 7 olives each.
• Spoon remaining batter over the olives, smoothing the top with the back of the spoon.
• Place remaining 7 olives evenly spaced down the center of the top of the loaf.
• Brush with olive oil (or spray).
• Bake 35-45 minutes until wooden pick comes out clean.
• Let stand 10 minutes---this is really important or the loaf will sort of fall apart when you cut it :-(.
• VARIATIONS: Use a different type of cheese for a whole different flavor. How about a different kind of olive? Mmmmm -- .

ALOHA ! BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, sugar, and cinnamon.
• In another bowl, combine remaining ingredients together, add to flour mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 3-inch loaf pans.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans and let cool on wire racks.

CINNAMON STREUSEL LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour the bottom of a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for the loaf, beating until well mixed, about 3 minutes.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• In a small bowl, combine all streusel ingedients, mixing until it is crumbly.
• Sprinkle streusel evenly over batter, and swirl with a knife to marble somewhat.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Cool 10-15 minutes in the pan, then finish cooling on a wire rack.
• Refrigerate unused portions.

LOW-FAT RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350.
• Prepare 2 bread pans with cooking spray and flour.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
• In another mixing bowl, combine applesauce, raisins, lemon peel, milk, vanilla, and egg white.
• Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients just until moistened.
• Pour batter into prepared pan (s).
• Bake for 1 hour.