Chocolate Chunk Bread
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package fast rising yeast
- 14 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, divided
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 12 cups bread flour, divided
- 1 cup milk
- 14 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 (1 ounce) semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, coarsely chopped
- Combine yeast, 3 Tablespoons cocoa powder, salt, and 1 1/2 cups of the flour in a large bowl; stir to mix.
- Combine milk, sugar, and butter in a small saucepan.
- Heat to 120-130F, stirring occasionally.
- Pour milk mixture into flour mixture, beat until smooth.
- Add the remaining 1 cup flour, about 1/4 cup at a time, mixing until flour is completely incorporated.
- The dough will be soft and sticky.
- Kneed dough 5 minutes, scraping sides of bowl as you do, keeping hands dusted in flour to facilitate kneading.
- Cover dough and let rest 10 minutes.
- Punch dough flat.
- Place chopped chocolate on top.
- Fold sides of dough up over chocolate.
- Knead to distribute chocolate evenly through dough.
- Dust your hands with additional cocoa powder and shape dough into a round ball.
- Place ball of dough into a lightly greased 1 1/2 quart (or, preferably 1 quart if you have one) baking dish, cover with a dry cloth.
- Let rise in a warm, draft-free place about 1 hour, or until nearly doubled.
- Using a flour sifter, sift cocoa powder over the top of the dough.
- About 15 minutes before end of rising time, preheat oven to 350F
- Place bread in the middle of the oven and bake 35-40 minutes, or until sides are browned and loaf sounds hollow when tapped at the bottom.
- If the top crust seems to be browning too quickly, cover loosely with foil the last 10 minutes of baking.
- Remove bread from baking dish and let cool on wire rack.
yeast, cocoa, salt, bread flour, milk, sugar, butter, semisweet chocolate baking squares
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-chunk-bread-261074 (may not work)