Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes
- 3 ¼ cups bread flour
- 2 tsp. coarse sea salt
- 2 tsp. instant yeast
- 2 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 ½ tsp. garlic powder
- 1 heaping cup olives, roughly chopped
- 1 ½ cup warm (110°F) water
Mix
Combine flour, salt, yeast, garlic powder, and oregano in a large bowl.
Add olives to dry ingredients and mix.
Add water and stir into a loose, shaggy dough.
Turn dough out into an oiled bowl.
Cover dough with plastic wrap.
Let the dough rest (on top of the refrigerator) at room temperature for 12 to 18 hours.
Form
Turn the raised dough out onto a floured surface.
Fold the edges of the dough up to form a rough dough ball.
Flour the top and flip the dough ball over onto a piece of parchment.
Shape the dough to pan shape, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rest while the oven heats (approximately 20-30 minutes).
Preheat the oven and pan (ceramic bread pan or dutch oven) to 450°F.
Bake
Add the dough and parchment to the hot pan.
Slice 3 times diagonally across the dough with a sharp knife.
Brush the top of the dough with water.
Bake covered in the oven for 30 minutes at 450°F.
Remove cover and return to the oven for 15 minutes.
- Make sure the instant yeast is fresh (no more than 4 months in the fridge after opening).
- Add water until the dough is shaggy but not too wet.
- With cooler water, the dough takes longer to rise and improves the bread’s flavor.