Filled with gooey melted cheese, green onions, and flavor-packed olives, this insanely delicious Bloomin’ Olive Bread is guaranteed to steal the show!

Olives. Most people either love ’em or hate ’em, and in my family there is definitely nothing but LOVE for the round little green and black treats. My kids literally cannot get enough of them!

During a visit a few months ago, my friend Edie introduced us to the joys of olive bread, something I had never even heard of before. She made it as an afterthought, a side dish to serve alongside a much more impressive main course, but my family was all about the bread. In our house, where we favor simplicity, this is good enough to serve as a main course, but it also makes a great party dish to share!

My own version uses a sourdough round, but you could also simply spread the cheese mixture over top of two halves of a loaf of french bread.

 

Bloomin’ Olive Bread

Ingredients for bloomin olive bread

Here’s What You Need:
 
1 round loaf of sourdough bread, un-sliced
½ 6 oz jar Pimiento-stuffed green olives
½ 6 oz can  black olives
1 bunch green onions 
1/2 stick butter, softened
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 8oz package shredded cheese (I like Mexican blend)
¼ teaspoon pepper

Line a cookie sheet with tin foil

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil so that foil overlaps cookie sheet on all sides.

Cross slice the load of bread but don't cut all the way through to the bottom

Step 2: With a sharp bread knife or electric knife, slice loaf almost to the bottom, then rotate bread and slice again as shown. Be careful not to slice all the way through! Place loaf on prepared cookie sheet and set aside.

Slice the black and green olives

Step 3: Slice olives; set aside.

Slice green onions and set aside

Step 4: Slice green onions; set aside.

Mix pepper and mayonnaise together in a bowl

Step 5: In medium bowl, mix together butter, mayonnaise and pepper until well blended.

Mix green and black olives into mayo spread

Step 6:  Mix in olives and green onions.

Add sliced cheese into the mayonnaise mixture

Step 7: Mix in shredded cheese.

Stuff olive mixture into bread, between cut pieces

Step 8: Stuff olive mixture into bread, working into all the spaces.

Wrap bread in tin foil and bake

Step 9: Cover loaf with foil. Bake for 15 minutes.

bake bread unwrapped until cheese is golden brown

Step 10: Unwrap loaf. Bake additional 10-15 minutes, until cheese is melty and bubbly. Serve immediately.

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Love olives? This insanely delicious Bloomin' Olive Bread is pretty much just a party for your mouth. Filled with gooey melted cheese, fresh green onions, and flavor-packed olives, it is the quick & easy side dish guaranteed to steal the show! Makes a great appetizer too!

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Bloomin' Olive Bread

This super easy semi-homemade bread recipe packs a ton of delicious flavor!
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword Bloomin' Olive Bread
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Author Ruth Soukup

Ingredients

  • 1 round loaf of sourdough bread unsliced
  • ½ 6 oz jar Pimiento-stuffed green olives
  • ½ 6 oz can black olives
  • 1 bunch green onions
  • 1/2 stick butter softened
  • 1/4 cup Mayonnaise
  • 1 8 oz package shredded cheese I like Mexican blend
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil so that foil overlaps cookie sheet on all sides.
  2. With a sharp bread knife or electric knife, slice loaf almost to the bottom, then rotate bread and slice again as shown. Be careful not to slice all the way through! Place loaf on prepared cookie sheet and set aside.
  3. Slice olives; set aside.
  4. Slice green onions; set aside.
  5. In medium bowl, mix together butter, mayonnaise and pepper until well blended.
  6. Mix in olives and green onions.

  7. Mix in shredded cheese.

  8. Stuff olive mixture into bread, working into all the spaces.
  9. Cover loaf with foil. Bake for 15 minutes.
  10. Unwrap loaf. Bake additional 10-15 minutes, until cheese is melty and bubbly. Serve immediately.

Ruth Soukup

Ruth Soukup

Founder at Living Well Spending Less
Ruth Soukup is dedicated to helping people everywhere create a life they love by follwing their dreams and achieving their biggest goals. She is the host of the wildly popular Do It Scared podcast, as well as the founder of Living Well Spending Less® and Elite Blog Academy®. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including Do It Scared®: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Obstacles, and Create a Life You Love, which was the inspiration for this book. She lives in Florida with her husband Chuck, and 2 daughters Maggie & Annie.
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