Sourdough Calamata Olive Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. active dry yeast
3 c. bread flour
1 c. whole wheat flour
2 Tbsp. sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 egg
1 c. plain yogurt
3/4 c. sourdough culture
1/4 c. warm water
6 oz. (about 30) pitted and chopped Calamata olives

Preparation

To Make By Hand:
Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. After yeast mixture foams up, add other liquid ingredients, followed by olives, salt and whole wheat flour.
Mix well.
Add bread flour, mixing until stiff.
Turn out on floured board and knead in the rest of the bread flour.
Allow to rise in a warm, draft-free location until doubled in bulk, then knead again.
At the end of the dough cycle or second hand kneading, shape the dough by hand into a round loaf.
Allow to rise in a warm, draft-free location on a baking sheet sprayed with nonstick spray (or lightly oiled) until doubled in bulk.
To bake, brush the loaf with water. Slash a couple of times with a sharp knife and place in preheated 375\u00b0 oven above a pan of boiling water for about 35 minutes.