Bread Machine Black And Green Olive Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/3 cup reserved juices (brine from green olives)
• 1 1/3 cups warm water
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried leaf basil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried rosemary
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons bread machine yeast (or 1 packet)
• 1/3 cup black olives, drained, sliced
• 1/3 cup green olives, drained, sliced (pimento stuffed olives ok)

Recipe

• 1 mix the olive brine (reserved juices from green olives) with the 1 1/3 cups of warm water.
• 2 add all ingredients (except for the sliced olives) into the bread machine in the order given, or as recommended in you bread machine manual.
• 3 select basic or bread setting; 2-lb loaf; medium crust.
• 4 if required, add more water or flour, a tablespoon at a time, to form a firm, slightly sticky, non-crumbly ball of dough.
• 5 add the sliced olives at the beep.
• 6 makes one 2-lb loaf of olive bread.