Olive Oil Bread
All-purpose flour, warm water and active dry yeast come together in this vegan — 60 minutes, 7 steps, and the kind of result worth repeating. You'll find the full ingredient list (with a scaler to change the servings), 7 steps of method, substitutions, and ideas for what to serve alongside.
You'll mainly reach for oven and large pot. At easy difficulty across 7 steps, it's a good one for a busy evening. As written, every ingredient resolved to a plant source.
What you'll need
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Diet: vegan — no meat, fish, dairy, egg or honey, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten
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How to make it
- Stir the sugar into the warm water, sprinkle the active dry yeast over the top and let it stand for 5 to 10 minutes until foamy, which confirms the yeast is active.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt, then make a well in the center and pour in the yeast mixture along with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil.
- Mix until a shaggy dough forms, then turn it out onto a floured surface and knead for 8 to 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
- Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth and let it rise in a warm spot for about 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
- Punch down the dough, shape it into a round or oval loaf on a lined baking sheet, brush with the remaining olive oil and let it rise again for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 220°C (425°F), then slash the top of the loaf with a sharp knife.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until the crust is golden and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom, then cool on a rack before slicing.
You'll use: Oven · Large pot · Baking sheet
Tips & common questions
How long does Olive Oil Bread take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 6 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Olive Oil Bread vegan?
Every ingredient listed on this page resolved to a plant or mineral source in our ingredient ontology — no meat, fish, shellfish, dairy, egg or honey. Labels can still differ by brand, so check packaged items.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Olive Oil Bread is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Bread in olive oil - Cambridge, MA.jpg (CC0) via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.