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Whole Wheat Greek Bread

Teresa Ambra
This fantastic Whole Wheat Greek Bread is one of the best home-baked breads you'll ever eat. It's a delicious breadmaker bread made with kalamata olives, feta cheese and rosemary. The Greek flavors explode in this amazing homemade bread. If you enjoy Greek food, you will love this bread recipe. It's exceptionally good for dipping in oils and serving for any kind of pasta entree.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Total Time 14 minutes
Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins, Breakfast
Cuisine Greek
Servings 20
Calories 124 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 breadmaker for a 2-pound loaf
  • 1 pastry brush to butter the bread after baking
  • 1 electric knife preferred, or a sharp bread knife to slice bread
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups 2% milk
  • 3/4 cup feta cheese crumbled
  • 1/2 cup kalamata olives pitted, chopped
  • 3 tbsp. water
  • 1 tbsp. olive oil
  • 3/4 cup bread flour NOT all-purpose flour
  • 3 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
  • 4 tsp. dried rosemary
  • 3/4 tsp. sea salt or kosher salt
  • 1 1/4 tsp. bread machine yeast
  • 4 tsp. vital wheat gluten

Instructions
 

  • Layer ingredients in bread loaf pan in order shown and place in breadmaker.
  • Turn setting for whole wheat bread. Mine takes 4 hours 10 minutes.
  • Bake bread.
  • Allow to cool in pan 15 minutes before removing from oven.
  • Butter tops and sides of bread to prevent crust from hardening.
  • Allow bread to cool an additional 15 minutes before cutting down into slices.
  • Makes about 20 half slices.

Notes

NOTE: The original recipe calls for 4 cups of bread flour. I ran out of bread flour and had to substitute whole wheat flour. If you want to use only bread flour and make a white bread, then eliminate the vital wheat gluten in the recipe. It’s only needed to raise whole wheat flour.
 
NOTE: Homemade bread has no preservatives so it needs to be refrigerated after 2 days.
 
NOTE: all-purpose flour does not contain the necessary gluten to bond the ingredients together as well as bread flour. The bread may turn out crumbly. For best results use bread flour.
 
NOTE: I recommend using Fleischmann's yeast or bread machine yeast in any yeast bread recipe. Red Star yeast just doesn't work as well.
 
Recipe adapted from Better Homes and Gardens, The Complete Guide to Bread Machine Baking.
 
© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 124kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 5gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 198mgPotassium: 69mgFiber: 3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 86IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 79mgIron: 1mg
Keyword bread, breadmaker, breakfast, brunch, feta cheese, olives
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