Step 1

Set your oven to Lightly grease a standard loaf pan* and sprinkle with cornmeal.

Step 2

Stir together flour, baking powder, salt, herbs and/or spinach, garlic, sugar, and cheeses in one bowl.

Step 3

Add enough milk to drained tomato liquid to make a total of 2/3rds cup. Mix in eggs and oil, and then stir all liquid ingredients into flour mixture along with chopped tomatoes (and olives and prosciutto if using) until thoroughly moistened.

Step 4

Pour batter into greased loaf pan; bake 30 minutes and then reduce heat to 350, bake for another 45 minutes. If bread is browning too quickly, cover with a foil tent. Cool 10 minutes in pan and remove to a cooling rack.