Olive Bread Recipe.The most delicious twist to Vincenzo's Plate Italian Bread dough! Add olives to the mix and impress your friends and family with this delicious Mediterranean Olive Bread.

For the vast majority of my lean sourdough bread baking ("lean" meaning doughs that don't include enrichments like dairy, sugar, or eggs), I tend to peg salt to 1.8% of the total flour in a recipe.

Instructions: In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flours, salt, yeast, thyme and lemon zest. Stir in the olives. Add the water and olive oil and stir until a damp and shaggy dough forms, 2 ...

Of all the heirloom family recipes tucked away in my converted shoe box (iPhone apps have nothing on 3-by-5 cards), one for monkey bread ranks second only to my great-grandmother's biscuits as the ...

Chef notes. It isn't easy to improve on the sweet simplicity of a Parker House roll, but this bright olive upgrade does the trick. Technique tip: Tuck the half moons of dough snugly at the bottom ...

The recipe can be done to this point several hours ahead of time and set aside until you are ready to serve. At serving time break 2 of the toasted bread slices into 1- to 1 1/2 - inch pieces and ...