Mediterranean Yeast Bread

Mediterranean Yeast Bread

Have you seen loaves of gourmet bread studded with olives and wondered what they might taste like? I decided to stir up a version that provided less sodium per slice than those recipes . I think combining olive with parmesan cheese makes this a winner!

(Serves 12)

½ cup fat – free milk

½ cup water

1 egg, or equivalent in egg substitute

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon Italian table salt

3 cups bread flour

¼ cup grated reduced – fat parmesan cheese

2 tablespoons SPLENDA Granular

1 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast

½ cup chopped ripe olives

In a bread – machine container , combine milk, water , egg, olive oil, Italian seasoning and Salt. Add flour , parmesan cheese, and SPLENDA. Make an Indentation . follow yet bread machine instructions for a  1 ½ pound loaf. Add olives when “add ingredient” signal beeps. Continue following your machine’s instructions/ Remove loaf from machine and place on a wire rack to cool. Cut into 12 slices. Makes one ( 1 ½ -Pound) loaf.

Each serving equals

HE: 1 ½ Bread * ½ Fat &* 15 Optional calories *

134 Calories * 2 gm Fat * 5 gm Protein *

24 gm Carbohydrate * 369 gm Sodium *

30 gm Calcium * 1 gm Fiber

DIABETIC EXCHANGES: 1 ½ Starch * ½ Fat