Chocolate Yeast Bread
You can never have too many bread recipes, so give Chocolate Yeast Bread a try. This recipe makes 8 servings with 239 calories, 6g of protein, and 6g of fat each. For 77 cents per serving, this recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 10 people found this recipe to be tasty and satisfying. If you have water, chocolate chips, honey, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Cookie Madness. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes. With a spoonacular score of 37%, this dish is rather bad. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Chocolate Raspberry Yeast Bread, Quick Rising Yeast Chocolate Bread, and Harvest Moon Yeast Risen Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread.
Servings: 8
Preparation duration: 160 minutes
Cooking duration: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
1 packet (2 ¼ teaspoons) active dry yeast
1/3 cup dried chocolate chips
2 tablespoons cocoa powder, I used natural
1/4 teaspoon coffee extract (or espresso powder)
2 ounces dark chocolate, chopped
1/3 cup dried cherries
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour (7.5 oz) -- weigh it out
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon honey
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons molasses
2 teaspoons unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup warm water
Equipment:
microwave
bowl
stand mixer
loaf pan
kitchen thermometer
oven
Cooking instruction summary:
In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate and butter together using 50% power. Set aside to cool.Put the warm water in the bowl of your stand mixer and sprinkle yeast on top. Add the honey, molasses, espresso powder (or coffee extract), vanilla and cocoa powder. Add 2/3 cup (3 oz) of the flour and stir well. This is your sponge. Set that aside for 20 minutes.After 20 minutes, stir in the melted chocolate/butter mixture, salt and the remaining 1 cup of flour. Mix well, attach the dough hook and let the machine mix the dough until it is smooth and elastic. Add in the cherries and chocolate chips.Transfer the dough to a well-oiled bowl and let rise for 80 minutes. It will not double in size. You may hardly notice that its risen.Punch down the dough and either shape it into a round or shape it into a log and fit it into an 8x4 inch loaf pan.Let rise for another 80 minutes. Again, it wont rise much until it actually goes in the oven.Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted reads 205 degrees. Let cool completely.
Step by step:
1. In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate and butter together using 50% power. Set aside to cool.
2. Put the warm water in the bowl of your stand mixer and sprinkle yeast on top.
3. Add the honey, molasses, espresso powder (or coffee extract), vanilla and cocoa powder.
4. Add 2/3 cup (3 oz) of the flour and stir well. This is your sponge. Set that aside for 20 minutes.After 20 minutes, stir in the melted chocolate/butter mixture, salt and the remaining 1 cup of flour.
5. Mix well, attach the dough hook and let the machine mix the dough until it is smooth and elastic.
6. Add in the cherries and chocolate chips.
7. Transfer the dough to a well-oiled bowl and let rise for 80 minutes. It will not double in size. You may hardly notice that its risen.Punch down the dough and either shape it into a round or shape it into a log and fit it into an 8x4 inch loaf pan.
8. Let rise for another 80 minutes. Again, it wont rise much until it actually goes in the oven.Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted reads 205 degrees.
9. Let cool completely.
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