Olive Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons butter (softened)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons rosemary (chopped)
• 1 1/2 cups olives (pitted and roughly chopped)
• 1 1/4 cups warm water
• 1 teaspoon yeast
• 1 teaspoon olive oil

Recipe

• 1 1. in a mixing bowl add 2 cups of flour.
• 2 2. add the yeast.
• 3 3. add 1 cup flour.
• 4 4. cut the butter into slices and add.
• 5 5. add the sugar.
• 6 6. add the salt.
• 7 7. add the olives and rosemary.
• 8 8. add the warm water.
• 9 9. knead until the dough forms a smooth ball and can be shaped. add more flour or water as necessary to form a smooth ball.
• 10 10. grease a fresh mixing bowl with olive oil and throw the dough ball in turning once so that the dough is covered with olive oil.
• 11 11. heat an oven to ~100-110°f.
• 12 12. wet a dish cloth in hot water and cover the bowl with it.
• 13 13. place the dough bowl into the warm oven and rise until doubled in size ~1-1.5 hours.
• 14 14. punch down and knead int a ball and place on a baking sheet that has been greased with butter.
• 15 15. lightly spray the dough ball with water to prevent drying.
• 16 16. pre-heat oven to 400f and by the time the oven is up to temperature the bread should have risen a second time. bake the bread until golden brown and set aside to dry on a wire drying rack or an oven rack removed and placed on top of the stove.