Olive Bread

Absolutely, 🫒💥 The Ultimate Mini Olive & Garlic Loaf Explosion – Breadmaker Brilliance!

🔥 Small in size, big in flavour – because mini loaves deserve MAXIMUM swagger.

Welcome, bread heads and garlic fiends! Today I’m unleashing a Mediterranean monster straight outta my mini breadmaker. She’s short, she’s proud, she’s full of olives and ready to punch your taste buds with extra garlic and a burst of Italian herbs so bold it practically starts quoting The Godfather.

🍞 Why this bread is your new carb soulmate:

• Quick – because who’s got time to knead? Not you.

• No fuss – throw it in the machine, go sip an espresso.

• Big flavour – olives, garlic, herbs. Say no more.

🛠 Equipment:

• Your trusty mini breadmaker (I’m using my Panasonic SD-PN100KXC – the tiny bread beast)

• Measuring spoons

• Kitchen scale (optional, but makes you feel like a lab tech)

🧾 Ingredients (for a 400g mini loaf):

Ingredient

Amount

Strong white bread flour

250g

Warm water

160ml

Olive oil

1 tbsp

Salt

¾ tsp

Sugar (or honey)

1 tsp

Garlic powder

2 tsp (yes, 2)

Mixed Italian herbs

1½ tsp

Chopped black olives

40g (drained weight)

Instant yeast (bread machine yeast)

¾ tsp

🧄 Optional but epic:

• Add a crushed garlic clove for extra oomph if you’re feeling reckless.

• Chuck in a pinch of chilli flakes for a rogue spicy version called “The Olive Assassin”.

🧑‍🍳 Method (aka: press a button and feel like a chef):

1. Add to the pan (in this order – machines like rules):

   
   

   • Water

   • Olive oil

   • Salt

   • Sugar/honey

   • Bread flour

   • Garlic powder + Italian herbs

   • Make a little dip in the top and pop the yeast in there

2. 
   

3. Start your machine – choose the basic white or raisin bread setting (no dispenser needed – you’re the dispenser now, pal).

4. Add the olives:

   
   

   If your machine doesn’t beep for additions, throw them in 10 minutes after starting the knead cycle.

   
   

   Or just YOLO it and mix them in gently at the start – it still works and you can pretend you meant to.

5. Bake and waft:

   
   

   Sit back, sip something continental, and let your kitchen smell like an Italian villa got into a garlic bar fight.

🧾 Costings Breakdown (2025 prices, rounded to the nearest “that’ll do”):

Item

Cost per loaf

Bread flour

£0.18

Olive oil

£0.05

Salt

£0.01

Sugar/honey

£0.02

Garlic powder

£0.06

Italian herbs

£0.05

Black olives

£0.45

Yeast

£0.03

Electricity (0.35kWh @ £0.29)

£0.10

Mini breadmaker depreciation

£0.09

TOTAL

£1.04 per loaf!

Compare that to a shop-bought “artisan” loaf at £3.50. You just saved enough for a bottle of plonk.

🥖 Serve it like a pro:

• Rip it warm and dip it in balsamic and olive oil

• Toast it with cheese (yes, do it)

• Slice it for posh sandwiches and tell people it’s “a family recipe”

• Take a photo and slap it on Insta #BreadHero

🤌 In Conclusion:

This isn’t just bread. This is crusty, herby, olive-packed theatre baked in a mini tin. Impress your friends, treat your tastebuds, and act like you’ve trained with Gino D’Acampo.

And if anyone asks where you bought it? You didn’t. You crafted it.

Stay bready,

John @ JohnsDrones.net

📸 Got your own bakes to show off? Tag me on Instagram

@johnnickolls

and let’s start a garlicy revolution.

Warning: may cause neighbours to follow the smell.

Would you like this as a printable A4 recipe sheet or a version for WhatsApp to send to Simon or Guy?