Olive Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• frozen bread dough
• 1/2 cup chopped pitted kalamata olive
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried rosemary
• cooking spray
• 1 large egg , lightly beaten

Recipe

• 1 thaw dough in refrigerator for 12 hours.
• 2 sprinkle olives and rosemary over dough; gently knead on a lightly floured surface 4 or 5 times or just until olives are incorporated into dough. cover dough; let rest 10 minutes. roll dough into a 10 x 8-inch rectangle.
• 3 beginning with long side, roll up jelly-roll fashion; pinch seam to seal. place roll, seam side down, on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
• 4 cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 1 hour or until doubled in size.
• 5 preheat oven to 375°.
• 6 uncover dough; cut several 2-inch diagonal slits into top of dough using a sharp knife. brush dough with egg .
• 7 bake at 375° for 40 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped. remove loaf from baking sheet; cool on a wire rack.