Greek Cheese and Olive Quick Bread

photo by Jenna-Rae


- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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3 loaves
ingredients
- 4 cups self-rising flour
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup Greek yogurt (sub with sour cream if you can't get the greek yoghurt)
- 3⁄4 cup butter, melted
- 5 eggs
- 1 lb feta, crumbled or cut into tiny pieces
- 1 cup kalamata olive, pitted, halved
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- sesame seeds
directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Grease a baking sheet with olive oil.
- Beat eggs, yoghurt and baking powder together.
- Add butter and eggs to mixture and beat well.
- Add feta cheese, olives and flour and knead mixture until dough easily comes off hands Add olive oil.
- Separate dough into 3 equal portions.
- Shape into 3 balls and place on oiled baking sheet.
- Press down with palm, to flatten slightly.
- Sprinkle generously with sesame seeds and press again lightly to make them ‘stick’.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes, or until cheese breads sound hollow when tapped on bottom.
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Reviews
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I love greek food, I love kalamata olives, feta, and bread. I love all these things and was really excited about this recipe because there's a bakery in my town that sells olive bread. This didn't live up to expectations for me. It was WAY too salty (the olives, feta, and yogurt did it in), and I didn't care for the dry biscuit texture. Really bummed it didn't work out.
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This bread was the perfect addition to the Greek dinner I planned. It had just the right crumbly texture and the olives and feta really came through with a pop! I got three large loafs out of the recipe and stacked them whole in a basket and let people tear off what they wanted. I will be making this again for sure!
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I halved the recipe and made mini loaves -- 2 for gifts, one for me. I'm so glad because my mini loaf disappeared in a trice. Slice a tiny piece and taste, repeat, repeat--All Gone! If I'd made a large loaf, I would have eaten a large loaf. It's a wonderful recipe--it looks like bread, it slices like poundcake, has a cake-like texture/crumb, but the flavor is definitely savory. While I eat the crumbs hat are left, I am imagining creative uses of this bread on an appetizer table. Thanks, Ev!!
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This was excellent! I only made 1/3 batch, and split it into 4 portions to bake, so it only took about 20 minutes. I used the rolls/biscuits instead of burger buns with some feta burgers - the flavors complimented each other really well, but I wish I had made some more of thebread to just eat :) for ZWT9
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This was excellent! I only made 1/3 batch, and split it into 4 portions to bake, so it only took about 20 minutes. I used the rolls/biscuits instead of burger buns with some feta burgers - the flavors complimented each other really well, but I wish I had made some more of thebread to just eat :) for ZWT9
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.