Chocolate Bread
A smooth bread full of melted chocolate and full on flavour. Serve warm for breakfast - simply by it’s self or take along to a picnic for dessert.
Preparation time: 20 + resting time Quantity: Makes 12 slices Cooking time: 20 - 30 minutes
Ingredients
275g/ 10 oz sifted strong flour
1/6 teaspoon salt
30g/ 1 oz butter
1/2 teaspoon honey
3g or 1/2 sachet dried yeast
1/4 pint warm water
60g/ 2 oz dark chocolate - chopped
Method
- Mix all the ingredients (apart from the water) together in a large bowl
- Pour in 1/4 pint warm water ( 1/3 kettle and 2/3 cold tap)
- Mix together until you form a dough
- Turn out on to a clean surface
- Kneed by hand for 10 –12 minutes (until it springs back)
Push in the chocolate, until it is spread through out
- Mould in to shape or fill in to a loaf tin
- Egg wash or brush with milk
- Leave in a warm place covered with a clean damp cloth
- Leave until doubled in size
- Cook in a pre heated oven gas 7/ 220 c for 20 - 30 minutes
- Test by tapping the bottom it should sound hollow and the bread will be golden