{"id":2340,"slug":"olive-oil-bread","title":"Olive Oil Bread","description":"A quick, easy bread that works well with Italian foods and pastas. Try forming the dough into a round ball or a long loaf for French Bread.","ingredients_raw":["½ cup warm water (110°F / 45°C)","2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast","1 teaspoon white granulated sugar","1 teaspoon salt","4 tablespoons olive oil","2 ½ cups all-purpose flour"],"ingredients_norm":["warm water","active dry yeast","white granulated sugar","salt","olive oil","all purpose flour"],"steps":["In a large bowl mix together the warm water, yeast, sugar, salt, and olive oil.","Stir in 2 cups of the flour in order to make a soft ball.","Knead in additional flour so that dough is soft and not sticky.","Place kneaded dough in a medium size greased bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled in size.","Punch down dough, and form into ball or loaf shape.","Place onto a greased cookie sheet. Cover and let rise for 15–20 minutes.","Preheat the oven to 375° F (190°C).","Bake in the preheated oven for 30–40 minutes, until golden brown.","For a glazed, shiny effect, brush one egg white and one tablespoon of water (mixed) onto the bread 5 minutes before completion."],"categories":["Bread recipes","Recipes for bread","Italian recipes","Vegan recipes","Baking recipes","Recipes using granulated sugar","Recipes using all-purpose flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Olive_Oil_Bread","source_ref":"4504049","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Olive_Oil_Bread&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"b5150ad15160206006dfdba87e0f85bac0eebb914a5aa5df1b770df054a34654","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:12Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/olive-oil-bread"}