Best 8 Olive Quick Bread Recipes

OLIVE & ONION QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat., In a large bowl, whisk flour, rosemary, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk eggs, buttermilk and melted butter until blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. Fold in 1/4 cup cheese, olives and onion., Transfer to a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake 40 minutes. Sprinkle remaining cheese over top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 5-10 minutes longer. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.

OLIVE - CHEESE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Grease a loaf pan; set aside. Preheat oven to 350.
• In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients and the cheese; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, lightly beat egg; stir in milk and oil, mixing well.
• Add onion to the egg-milk, mix; then stir into flour mixture--do not over-mix, just get things moist.
• Spoon half of batter into prepared pan. Arrange 28 olives on their sides, 4 rows of 7 olives each.
• Spoon remaining batter over the olives, smoothing the top with the back of the spoon.
• Place remaining 7 olives evenly spaced down the center of the top of the loaf.
• Brush with olive oil (or spray).
• Bake 35-45 minutes until wooden pick comes out clean.
• Let stand 10 minutes---this is really important or the loaf will sort of fall apart when you cut it :-(.
• VARIATIONS: Use a different type of cheese for a whole different flavor. How about a different kind of olive? Mmmmm -- .

SUN-DRIED TOMATO AND OLIVE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• preheated oven to 350°F.
• Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, the salt, and the sugar.
• In a small skillet cook the garlic with the rosemary and the pepper in the reserved oil from the sun-dried tomatoes over moderately low heat, stirring, until it is softened and fragrant but not brown.
• In a large bowl whisk together the eggs, the milk, the shortening, and the garlic mixture.
• Add the flour mixture, and stir the batter until it is just combined. Stir in the sundried tomatoes, the olives, the capers, the parsley, and the Parmesan.
• Divide the batter among 2 buttered and floured regular sized loaf pans.
• Bake the breads in the middle of the oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
• Remove the breads from the pans and let them cool, right sides up, on a rack.

BEER, SUN-DRIED TOMATO, AND OLIVE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. and grease and flour a loaf pan, 9 by 5 by 3 inches. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, the salt, the baking soda, and the baking powder, add the egg, the beer, the tomatoes with the reserved oil, and the olives, and stir the batter until it is just combined. Turn the batter into the pan and bake the bread in the middle of the oven for 40 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Turn the bread out onto a rack and let it cool.

OLIVE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Place rack in lower third of the the oven and preheat to 350F.
• Grease a loaf pan.
• Whisk together the first 5 ingredients.
• In a bowl, whisk eggs, milk, and oil.
• Add the flour mixture and lightly mix together.
• add the nuts and olives.
• Stir until blended.
• Place batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes and unmold onto rack.

GREEK CHEESE AND OLIVE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• 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.

OLIVE MINT QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Crush the olives lightly with the flat side of a large knife on a cutting board and discard the pits. Drain the olives on paper towels and chop them. In a large bowl stir together the flour, the baking powder, the sugar, the salt, and the mint, add the olives, and toss the mixture well. In a small bowl whisk together the eggs, the oil, the onion, and the milk and add the egg mixture to the flour mixture, stirring until the batter is just combined. Transfer the batter to a greased loaf pan, 8 by 4 by 2 1/2 inches, and bake the bread in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Turn the bread out onto a rack and let it cool.

SWEET OLIVE OIL QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the sugar. Add the eggs, milk, and olive oil, and beat well.
• Toss the raisins in a little flour to coat them lightly. Add the raisins and lemon zest to the flour and egg mixture and stir to distribute evenly.
• Butter and flour a loaf pan. Transfer the batter into the pan and smooth the surface. Sprinkle the top with pine nuts. Bake for 55 mintues, or until a thin skewer inserted in the center comes out dry. Let cool for a few minutes. Unmold and cool on a rack.