Cheesy Olive Bread

Cheesy Olive Bread is a crunchy bread layered with salty green olives, black olives, melted cheese to make an outstanding appetizer! Simple and decadent bread that is sure to impress all your guests!

 You have also got to try The Best Homemade Garlic Bread, Philly Cheese Steak Cheesy Bread or Sausage Stuffed French Bread Boats which make great starter breads!

Olive Bread

Warm, cheesy bread with olives is pretty much my love language. My weakness is carbs so you can totally plan on them to happen quite often at our house. This bread makes a great appetizer that will be devoured within minutes. I love how fast it comes together and I know that it will be loved by your family as well!

How do you make Cheesy Olive Bread?

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the sliced bread cut sides up on a large cookie sheet.
• In a medium sized bowl, add olives, butter, ,mayonnaise, cheese and green onions. Mix until all incorporated.
• Spread evenly on each sides of the bread. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

What types of olives are best for this Cheesy Olive bread?

• Black Olives- Salty and Oily and softer than green olives.
• Stuffed Pimento Green Olives- sweet pimento peppers get stuffed into green olives. It helps to balance out the salty. flavor.
• Kalamata- Distinctive fruity, almost wine-like flavor with a distinct almond shape.
• Cerignola-  An olive from Italy that is mild in flavor.
• Mission-  An olive from California that is black oil cured and are mild in flavor.
• Picoline-  Crisp green olives that have a nutty taste with a slight undertone of anise.

Looking for more bread recipes? Here are some!

• Homemade Cornbread
• Miracle No Knead Bread
• Lemon Almond Poppyseed Quick Bread
• Cranberry Orange Quick Bread

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Cheesy Olive Bread

Cheesy Olive Bread is a crunchy bread layered with salty green olives, black olives, chunks of tomatoes and melted cheese to make an outstanding appetizer!

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1 loaf French Bread sliced in half
• ▢ 8 ounces Black Olives sliced
• ▢ 8 ounces Pimento Stuffed Green Olives
• ▢ 1/2 cup butter softened
• ▢ 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• ▢ 2 cups monterey jack cheese shredded
• ▢ 2 green onions sliced

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the sliced bread cut sides up on a large cookie sheet.
• In a medium sized bowl, add olives, butter, ,mayonnaise, cheese and green onions. Mix until all incorporated.
• Spread evenly on each sides of the bread. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

Nutrition

Calories: 530kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 14gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 1481mgPotassium: 119mgFiber: 3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 835IUVitamin C: 0.6mgCalcium: 268mgIron: 2.4mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Appetizer, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, Italian

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