Feta Cheese and Olive Bread

Submitted by najwa

"Try using herbed feta cheese instead of plain, or add your favorite herbs ... yummy!! I always freeze leftovers, then heat in the microwave. Makes 1.5 pound loaf"

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 5mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 1 loaf

ingredients

• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1⁄3 cup feta cheese, crumbled
• 2 teaspoons olive oil or 2 teaspoons vegetable oil (I use olive oil)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons salt
• 3 cups bread flour, unsifted
• 2 teaspoons bread machine yeast
• 1⁄2 cup halved pitted Greek olive

directions

1. Heat buttermilk for 30 seconds in the microwave on HIGH.
2. Add ingredients to the bread machine according to your manufacturer's directions, except the olives.
3. Cycle: Basic or Nut, Loaf Size: 1.5 lb.
4. After 5 minutes of kneading, check the dough; add a tablespoon of water at a time if too dry, or a tablesoon of flour at a time if too wet.
5. Add the olives at the add-in beep.

Reviews

[BarbryT]

Very good bread! Deliciously savory. And I certainly can see how it would make a great grilled cheese sandwich; I plan to try that. But it needs no topping for moisture; it is just scrumptious on its own. I put the feta in during the second kneading and the olives at the very end of the second cycle. If you want the olives to be distributed in larger pieces, I recommend putting them in whole (but pitted!) rather than halves. Do make this bread, folks! :-)

 

[Barefoot Beachcomber]

I LOVE this bread! I've made it several times now, used herbed and plain feta and canola oil instead of olive. It is lovely....try a sandwich with this, very nice. My teen grand-d thinks this makes a perfect grilled cheese sandwich.