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Olive, Oat, and Whole-Wheat Bread

Makes 1 loaf
Prep: 26 minutes
Start to Finish: 2 hours 36 minutes

Ingredients

Vegetable cooking spray
2  cups all-purpose flour
3/4  cup whole-wheat flour
1  teaspoon cream of tartar
1  teaspoon baking soda
1  teaspoon baking powder
3/4  teaspoon salt
1  cup plus 2 tablespoons walnuts, toasted and chopped
1/2  cup steel-cut oats
1/2  cup oat bran
1-1/4  cups low-fat (1%) milk
1  cup plain low-fat yogurt
1/2  cup plus 1 tablespoon pitted kalamata olives, chopped

Directions
1. Heat oven to 350° F. Coat a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and line bottom with parchment paper, allowing it to extend over two sides. In a large bowl, whisk together flours, cream of tartar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir in 1 cup nuts, the oats and oat bran.
2. In another bowl, whisk together milk and yogurt; add 1/2 cup olives. Stir into flour mixture until just combined. Spoon into prepared pan and smooth top. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon olives and 2 tablespoons nuts. Bake until golden and pulling away from sides of pan, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Holding ends of paper, immediately lift loaf out of pan and transfer to a wire rack. Let cool completely, about 1 hour. Peel off paper and cut into 1/2 inch slices.

Nutrition facts per serving:
calories: 210
total fat: 10g
saturated fat: 1g
cholesterol: 2mg
sodium: 283mg
carbohydrate: 26g
fiber: 3g
protein: 6g