Chocolate Bread

So... coming back from vacation, I didn't really have a lot of food this week, so I decided to make bread. Chocolate Bread. I had this recipe I found on a blog and had been wanting to try it.

In case you are wondering... it's delish! :)

Chocolate Bread Recipe

1 C. milk, scalded

2 T. butter

1/2 C. sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 lightly beaten eggs

1 pkg. yeast

1/4 C. warm water

1 T. sugar

2/3 C. cocoa

3 1/2 C. flour 

1 tsp. salt 

1 1/2 to 2 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips

(I used 2 C. but it does make it a little hard to cut.)

Take the scalded milk while hot and add the butter.

Let the butter melt.  Add the 1/2 C. sugar and vanilla

and when it has cooled to lukewarm add the 2 eggs.  Mix.

Dissolve the yeast in 1/4 C. warm water with the 1 T. sugar.

Sift the cocoa, flour and salt.

In the mixer with the dough hook, mix the milk mixture

and the flour mixture.  Let knead for 5-7 minutes.

Add the chocolate chips.

Cover the dough and let rise until double.  

Punch down and shape into desired loaves.

You can form it into 1 standard loaf or two round loaves 

or four mini loaves.

Brush with melted butter and sprinkle on 

sanding sugar (sugar crystals or decorator sugar).

Cover and let rise until double - or until it measures

about 1 inch above the loaf pan.

Preheat oven to 350 (325 if using a dark pan).

Bake standard loaf 45 to 50 minutes,  two round

loaves, 35-40 minutes and mini loaves about 30 minutes.

Cool 10 minutes in pan, then run knife around edge

to loosen.  Remove to cooling rack.