Whole-wheat Bread Loaf

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Healthy Whole-wheat bread recipe with olive-onion topping…

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups whole-wheat flour

1/2 cup warm milk

1/4 cup olive oil

1 tbsp yeast

1 ½ tsp sugar

1 tsp salt

For Topping: (optional)

Few onion strips

3-4 olives, chopped

1 tbsp olive oil

Method:

• Mix milk, yeast and sugar together in a bowl, keep it in a warm place for yeast to activate for 5-7 min.
• In another bowl, shift flour and add salt; add in yeast mixture and half of oil to it.
• Now using enough water and oil, knead a soft and elastic dough.
• Place the dough in a oiled bowl, cover with cling film and leave to rise until doubled in size at least for 1 ½ hours.
• Punch the dough down and place to the floured board. Knead for another few min then shape into a loaf .
• Add the toppings and place in greased loaf tin; keep covered for another 30 min.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 190 deg C for 20- 25 min.
• Take the bread out of the tin; it should sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.
• Allow it to cool thoroughly on a wire rack before slicing.