Triple Chocolate Bread

Triple Chocolate Bread

Author: House of Bread February 10, 2024 Duration: 13:29

A decadent yeasted chocolate bread that you can shape in a heart for the perfect Valentine's Day gift.   Plenty of chocolate and a bit of sugar to make sure you are delighted for breakfast toast, or an evening dessert.   If you have some leftover, you can turn this loaf into chocolate biscotti.  

CHOCOLATE BREAD (Yield two loaves)

½ cup of warm water (approximately 100 degrees)

½ cup of brewed coffee warm

½ cup of milk

2 packages or one and 3/4 tablespoons of active dry yeast

3 cups of unbleached flour (bread flour, high protein)

1 cup of wheat flour (gold or white whole wheat preferred)

1/4 cup of white sugar

¼ cup of cocoa unsweetened

¼ cup of butter very soft

1 egg

1 Tablespoon of salt

Add at the end of the kneading when you have the good dough stage:

½ cup of white chocolate chips

½ cup of dark chocolate chips.

Let rise 1.5 hours, shape into hearts and let rise again .5 hour and bake in a 350 degree oven until internal temp is 180 degrees.   

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