Cheese, Garlic and Herb Quick Bread (no yeast)

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 174.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	113%	83%
fat	44%	4%
salt	2%	2%
yeast	1%	1%
total sugar	0%	2%
flour strength	1.0	1.0

Where it stands out

• #1 of 174 for workability

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

200 g	7 oz / 200g block of cheese
12 g	2 tbsp fresh rosemary (, finely chopped)
12 g	2 tbsp fresh parsley leaves (, finely chopped)
1 g	1 tsp dried oregano
1 g	1/2 tsp dried thyme
6 g	2 garlic cloves (, crushed using garlic press or finely grated)
40 g	3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 g	1/2 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt ((halve for fine table salt))
270 g	2 1/4 cups plain flour ((all-purpose flour))
4 g	1 tsp baking soda ((bi-carbonate soda), sub 3 1/2 tsp baking powder)
3 g	3/4 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt ((halve for table salt))
122 g	1/2 cup plain yogurt (, Greek or regular (full fat, unsweetened))
183 g	3/4 cup milk (, full fat best, low fat ok)
57 g	2 large eggs ((~50-55g/2oz each))
50 g	3 1/2 tbsp (50g) unsalted butter (, melted)
27 g	2 tbsp olive oil
6 g	2 small garlic cloves (, crushed with garlic crusher or grated)

Method: 10 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Yummy! I did a very easy version. Put in finely chopped chives (medium bunch) and 1 teaspoon Italian Dried Herbs & 4 teaspoons of crushed garlic with all the wet & swirl ingredients. Mixed into the dry. Added 200g grated light cheese. Mixed. Baked in the airfr” — a cook

“Absolute winner! It came out of the oven an hour ago and is already half gone! I would either use a sharper cheese than my bog-standard Aussie Tasty, or add a bit of parmesan (and I think next time I’ll grate and stir the cheese through the dry ingredients). B” — a cook, 5★