American Chocolate Bread

I had never even heard of this so I was really excited to try something new. It's delicious. 5 stars.



Sponge:
In a mixing bowl sprinkle 2 tablespoons of yeast and 2 tablespoons of sugar over 1 cup warm water. Add 1 1 /2 cups unbleached all purpose flour and beat until smooth. Let raise 1 hour.


Stir down the sponge and add 1 cup warm milk, 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter,
1 tablespoon salt, and 1 cup of flour. Beat until smooth, then add the remaining 3 to 3 1/2 cups of flour 1/2 a cup at a time. Knead 5-10 minutes. When you have a satiny feeling dough that springs back when pressed. Place in a greased deep container and cover with plastic wrap, raise for 1 hour.

I did this part differently then the recipe because I don't have the mini loaf pans.
Divide the dough into 4 equal portions. Pat each one into a rectangle shape, about an inch thick. Place 1 oz (total 4 oz for my way, 8 oz. for mini loaf pans) of semisweet chocolate on the short end and roll like a jelly roll. Pinch the seam and ends and place in a 9x13 pan. Follow suit with the remaining 3 loaves.

This is what the recipe said: Divide dough into 8 equal portions and then follow the same directions for rolling. Place in mini loaf pans.


This is what mine looked like.


Raise for 15 minutes (in both 9x13 and mini loaf pans) and then brush melted butter on top and sift some powdered sugar over the tops. Preheat oven to 375 F and bake 9x13 for 30-35 minutes. 20-25 minutes for loaf pans.

Mmm, so good! I had strawberry jam on mine.