Kalamata Olive Bread With Oregano
"My loaf pan is 9X5 and the recipe asks for 8x4, so instead I baked this in two mini-loaf pans. This is very moist and flavorful bread! From Cooking Light - January 2009."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 8mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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1 loaf
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 large egg whites
- 1⁄4 cup pitted kalamata olive, chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
- cooking spray
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion to pan; sauté 3 minutes or until onion is tender. Set aside.
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
- Combine buttermilk, butter, and egg whites, stirring with a whisk.
- Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
- Fold in onion, olives, and oregano.
- Spread batter into an 8 x 4–inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan.
- Cool completely on wire rack.
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Reviews
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This bread was really easy and turned out great. Very moist and flavourful. I followed the recipe except I subed one cup of the flour for whole wheat. Next time I would add extra olives and less onions. -
When I first saw this recipe, I knew I had to make it...and I wasn't disappointed!! This bread has great flavor, a lovely soft texture, and it looks like it could've come from a bakery! The only changes I made were: I used whole wheat pastry flour, sodium-free baking powder, 1 egg (instead of 2 egg whites), and 1 teaspoon of dried oregano (instead of 1 tablespoon of the fresh variety)--and all of that worked fine. This is definitely a recipe to make again and again! Thanks for posting it Vino Girl!! -
I loved this bread. Just don't overmix or it will be dense! Full of flavor and great for appetizers. My new favorite! Freezes well too!
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Vino Girl
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My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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