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Cheddar Olive Thyme Bread

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By: Joanna Cismaru •11/14/22 7 Comments

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This Cheddar Olive Thyme Bread fills your kitchen with wonderful aromas as it bakes. An easy and delicious loaf, perfect combination of ingredients.

Cheddar Olive Thyme Bread

Easy Quick Bread

Bread. If there was one food on this earth that I couldn’t live without, that would be bread. That’s why every single time I’ve tried a low carb diet, I fail. Bread truly is my nemesis.

Not only do I love eating bread, I love baking bread. And I have baked quite a bit in my life. But nothing pleases me more, than when a fresh loaf of bread comes out of the oven. And this bread here does not disappoint. The smell is unbearable and it’s simply gorgeous.

I told you before that my husband is experimenting with growing herbs and this lovely bread has fresh thyme from his harvest. And look how beautiful it is. I must tell you that it literally hurt him as he was cutting some for me.

Thyme sprigs on a plate

I love to incorporate different ingredients in my bread, and if you’ve never tried cheese and olives in a bread, you must. This bread just screamed for some fresh thyme. I put some thyme in the batter itself, but it was so pretty I just had to put a few pretty leaves on the top. For the cuteness factor.

I think it worked.

Unbaked Cheddar Olive Thyme Bread

As you bake this marvelous bread, your kitchen will smell amazing and it will make you very happy, your tummy too.

A loaf of Cheddar Olive Thyme Bread in a baking pan lined with parchment paper

At first I thought this bread was just too cute to cut into. I was right. Besides these couple of slices of bread we used for the picture, hubs simply tore the rest into pieces and ate it with this delicious white chicken chili I made, don’t worry, recipe is coming soon for that.

So what are you waiting for? Weekend is coming, time to bake some delicious bread and impress your significant other.

A loaf of Cheddar Olive Thyme Bread with two slices cut

More Delicious Quick Breads To Try

  • Cranberry Quick Bread
  • Chocolate Zucchini Bread
  • Lemon Poppy Seed Bread
  • Olive Ham And Cheese Loaf
  • Lemon Blueberry Yogurt Loaf

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4.75 from 8 votes

Cheddar Olive Thyme Bread

Prep 10 minutes
Cook 1 hour
Total 1 hour 10 minutes
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This Cheddar Olive Thyme Bread fills your kitchen with wonderful aromas as it bakes. An easy and delicious loaf, perfect combination of ingredients.
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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper (freshly ground )
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (freshly grated)
  • 1/2 cup cheddar cheese (grated)
  • 1/2 cup Kalamata olives (pitted and sliced)
  • 2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves (chopped plus extra for top)
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 1/4 cup buttermilk

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Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees. Grease and line a 12 inch loaf pan with parchment paper. If you don’t have a 12 inch loaf pan, I would split the batter and bake it in 2 regular loaf pans. Set aside.
  • Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes in a large bowl. Mix them well. Add the cheeses, olives, thyme leaves and mix.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs together. Add the olive oil and buttermilk and whisk to combine.
  • Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in the egg mixture. Stir until it becomes a thick sticky batter. I used a wooden spoon to mix everything together. If the batter is too dry add some more buttermilk, or if it’s too wet add some more flour. Scrape it into the prepared tin and top with extra thyme leaves or sprigs if preferred. 
  • Bake for 45 minutes to an hour, until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave the loaf to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool to room temperature.

Notes

Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 196kcal (10%)Carbohydrates: 22g (7%)Protein: 7g (14%)Fat: 8g (12%)Saturated Fat: 3g (19%)Cholesterol: 37mg (12%)Sodium: 468mg (20%)Potassium: 181mg (5%)Sugar: 1g (1%)Vitamin A: 200IU (4%)Vitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 166mg (17%)Iron: 1.5mg (8%)
© Author Joanna Cismaru

Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.

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smith
smith
Posted: 6 years ago

5 stars
This is a great blog. I love eating and making bread myself. I have been looking for different bread recipes like this one. Thanks for sharing . I’m so excited to try this. Certainly it will be great. I love using my bread machine. After try this one , I will try your other bread recipes for my bread machine. I am looking forward to your other recipes:)

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Bobby
Bobby
Posted: 7 years ago

5 stars
The bread looks nice, I think I have to try it later, I bought a bread machine a few days ago, I am wondering whether I can use it to bake, thanks

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Joanna Cismaru
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Posted: 7 years ago

You probably could, you’d just have to follow the bread machine instructions, for instance the order for adding the ingredients in.

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cindy curel
cindy curel
Posted: 7 years ago

Thanks Jo for this great recipe. It looks very delicious. I love eating and making bread myself at home with my bread machine or owen. I like try diiferent recipe. I will try your recipe and certainly it will be perfect. And also my husband will love it and will want every time 🙂

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Sandra
Sandra
Posted: 8 years ago

5 stars
Jo, that cheesy crust looks so inviting! 5-star rating from me.

Can’t wait to try it out myself. But i’ve got 1 question. Do you think the bread dough made with this recipe can be kept frozen and baked at a later time?

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Joanna Cismaru
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Posted: 8 years ago

Hi Sandra, I don’t think the dough would do well frozen, you’re better off making the bread and freezing the bread, it could last for a couple weeks in the freezer.

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Carolyn W. Taylor
Carolyn W. Taylor
Posted: 8 years ago

5 stars
Thanks, Jo–can’t wait to try this!

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