Olive Loaf

I woke up today after having had a dream about how delicious this olive loaf bread was going to turn out. We love black olives, and sprouted whole wheat bread, so all we'd have to do is dunk this loaf in olive oil and enjoy it with a tomato slice or a piece of cheese. Yum!

Okay, so my starter from yesterday looks like this:

I'm going to measure 200g of sprouted whole wheat flour:

And add 10g of salt:

Then add it to the starter:

Stir it until a dough forms:

Cover it, and let it rise for four hours at room temperature to get this:

Gather it into a ball and flip it onto my work surface:

Pit 22 olives:

Then flatten the dough into a rectangle shape:

Spread the olives on the flattened dough in alternating rows:

Gently roll the dough into a log shape:

And complete rolling the log:

Place it in a loaf shaped pan:

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees while the dough proofs:

Two hours later, my loaf looked like this:

Score it:

And put it in the preheated oven to bake for 15 minutes:

Then, reduce the heat to 350 degrees and continue to bake for 35 minutes:

Remove it from oven:

And place it on a cooling rack for two hours:

Slice it, and enjoy!