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Double Chocolate Yeast Bread

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Double chocolate yeast bread made with rich dutch-process cocoa and studded with plenty of semisweet chocolate chips.

Prep time: PT20M

Cook time: PT35M

Keywords

chocolate, chocolate bread, chocolate yeast bread,, fall dessert, halloween, halloween dessert, yeast bread

Ingredients

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Steps

  1. Make the dough

    - In a heatproof bowl, stir together warm water, yeast and sugar. Let sit for about 5 minutes, until foamy.

    - Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the 3 cups of bread flour, cocoa powder, brown sugar and kosher salt.

    - With a wooden spoon, stir in warm coffee, butter, egg yolk and yeast mixture into the flour mixture.

    - Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes, working in enough remaining flour just to keep the dough from sticking.

    - If you think the dough is ready, perform the window pane test. Do this by grabbing a small bit of dough and stretching it between your fingers like this. If it stretches without tearing, it is ready. If it tears when stretched, keep kneading.

    - Knead in chocolate chips.

  2. Proof 1 of 2

    - Shape the dough into a ball. Place in a large, greased bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled in volume, about 1 hour 30 minutes.

  3. Proof 2 of 2

    - Punch down the dough. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and cut in half. Shape each dough half into a ball. Using the sides of your hands, tuck sides of dough under to meet in center. Rotate and repeat to form a taut ball.

    - Prepare two bread baskets or bowls with a clean towel with a light dusting of flour. Place the dough balls top down into the prepared baskets/bowls. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.

  4. Bake the loaves

    - Preheat the oven to 400°F with dutch ovens inside.

    - Cut out two circles of parchment paper much larger than the balls of dough. Turn out the loaves onto their respective parchment circles.

    - With a serrated knife or single-edge razor blade, cut a spiderweb design (or whatever design you want). Transfer loaves to the preheated dutch ovens.

    - Place the lid on and bake until the loaves are crusty, about 35 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

Nutitrion

  1. Serving Size: 1 slice
  2. Calories: 123 kcal

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