Garlic-and-Black-Olive Loaf
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 heads garlic, roasted, squeezed from their husks and mashed until smooth
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
- 1 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 cup milk
- 3/4 cup oil-cured olives, pitted and coarsely chopped
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the mashed garlic, melted butter, orange zest and pepper flakes.
- Beat in the egg and milk.
- Beat in the flour mixture in 3 batches, fully incorporating each addition.
- Fold in the olives.
- Pour into a greased 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-by-2 3/4-inch loaf pan.
- Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, garlic, unsalted butter, orange zest, redpepper, egg, milk, oilcured olives
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/8552 (may not work)