Everybody loves bread, right? Especially when it is freshly baked and hot. I personally am passionate about bread and every once in a while I like to try a new recipe at home. Anyway, I found the best bread ever, and I will share its recipe with all of you. Well, I love it honestly and if you don’t, then don’t tell me because you will never change my mind… ever. [heh]
We start off same as making any other bread. In a cup or a small bowl, measure out ¼ cup of lukewarm water, a tsp of honey and a package of active dry yeast. Stir it all together and let the yeast mixture sit until it gets all foamy.
In the bowl of your mixer, add about 1½ cups of the white flour, the whole wheat flour, salt and pepper, milk, olive oil and the foamy yeast mixture.
Mix everything together using the paddle attachment over medium speed. Remove the paddle attachment and attach the dough hook. Add the olives and cheddar cheese to the bowl.
Mix everything well, until the olives and cheese are well incorporated in the dough.
We’re almost done with the dough, we just need to add about another cup of flour to the dough. Mix the dough for another couple minutes over medium speed. Shape the dough in a ball, and place it in an oiled bowl. Let it rise until it doubles in size, probably about an hour, but for me it took more like 40 minutes, because it’s really warm in the house.
Dough Troubleshooting: If your dough is not firm enough, add some more flour. On the other hand, if it is too hard and it crumbles easily, add some more milk, or water.
Flour a wood surface and lightly knead the dough a couple of times, then roll it out.
After that, jelly roll it and place in a greased loaf pan with the seam side down. I just greased mine with some olive oil. Let it rise again for half an hour, while you preheat the oven to 375° F / 190° C.
Now bake it for about 40 minutes, until you get this beauty… and enjoy!
- 1 package Instant Dry Yeast
- ¼ cup Lukewarm Water
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 tsp Honey
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 2¼ cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
- ½ cup Cheddar Cheese, shredded
- ¼ cup Black Olives, chopped
Preparation Instructions
Your bread looks fantastic! I love a good homemade savoury loaf, and your additions sound perfect
lovely recipe indeed
Thanks a lot. It’s actually very good indeed and I really hope the pictures do it justice.
This looks lovely and very much like I would like to eat it; do you think I could do it without a stand mixer?
You can probably use a hand mixer up to a point, but you will definitely need to knead the dough by hand. My mom used to do it like that back in the day and her breads and sweet breads were fabulous. However, there will be some real workout involved [heh], but if you don’t mind I’ll say go for it. The taste of this bread is amazing.
what is the measurement of the yeast in tsps/tblsp/ Not sure how much 8 gr are. This looks so good!
Yeah sorry about that. Anyway, 8 grams of yeast is basically a small package of instant dry yeast, which means 0.28 oz or 1.5 tsp. Keep in mind that tsp is a unit of volume and it might not give you the same result for other ingredients. I hope I helped a little. Oh, and enjoy the bread
Hi – You say 1/2 Black Pepper, but not 1/2 of what! I tried to guess from the photo, and came up with 1/2 Tbs., but that’s rather a lot for most recipes….
Can you edit your ingredients list?
Thank you for pointing that out. It is actually 1/2 tsp of Black Pepper. The recipe has been corrected. Thanks again