My vision and the outcome were slightly different. I envisioned a Challah bread recipe with mini chocolate chips running through it, giving it a slightly sweet taste. So while I was adding the chocolate chips to the bread dough, what I didn't think about was the heat when the bread was proofing. Yep, it melted my chips completely into the dough.
That however wasn't so bad, because now I had this wonderful mocha colored dough, that smelled like heaven!
So I needed it to have some chocolate running through it. I chose to add chocolate chunks and chocolate chips in the dough ropes before braiding it. Once it was baked, the chocolate created little pockets of melted heaven.
I received the vote of approval from the kids and Jay. It's a very delicious treat and makes fabulous French toast.
Here's how it came together in a bread machine:
ingredients
8 oz. plus 1 Tbsp. warm water
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
3 Tbsp. oil
1 egg, room temperature
1 tsp. salt3 1/4 c. bread flour
2 tsp. active dry yeast
Add the above ingredients in the order listed above. Then select the dough cycle for 1.5 lb. loaf. Add 1/4 c. mini chocolate chips to the extras tray (if your machine doesn't have an extras tray, add it last in the list of ingredients).
Once the dough has completed it's cycle, turn out on a floured surface. Divide the dough into three equal pieces, and form into ropes.
Slightly flatten the ropes, and lay the chocolate chips and/or chunks right down the middle.
Then pinch the rope closed around the chocolate.
Braid the ropes normally as you would for regular challah bread. Stud the top with more chunks and allow to rise for 45 minutes.
Brush with an egg wash and bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Allow to cool on a rack.
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| I made three smaller loaves, just divide dough into nine pieces to make three loaves |
Eat with in a few days or freeze for up to 3 months.
