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Olive Quick Bread Recipe

By Elizabeth Yetter, About.com

Olive Quick Bread

Elizabeth Yetter
If you're looking for a quick bread to make for your Italian dinner, olive quick bread is just the thing. The moist, biscuit-like bread is loaded with chopped, pimento stuffed olives that give this bread its unique flavor. Recipe for olive quick bread makes one loaf of bread.

Prep Time: 08 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

  • 2-1/4 cups sifted flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 cup chopped pimento stuffed olives
  • 1-1/4 cups milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp melted butter

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven 375 degrees F.

  2. Grease 9-inch by 5-inch bread loaf pan.

  3. In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, and baking powder.

  4. Stir in chopped olives.

  5. In separate bowl, beat together milk, egg, and butter.

  6. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir until flour is just moistened.

  7. Scrape batter into loaf pan and bake for about 60 minutes or until done.

  8. Remove from heat and let bread sit on pan for about 10 minutes. Turn out and let cool on rack until dinner is ready.
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