Chocolate Nut Bread Recipes

CHOCOLATE BREAD

Steps:

• Grease and line your 9 by 5 inch loaf pan with baking or parchment paper. Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced.
• In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add sugars and gently stir.
• In the microwave, heat the butter in a large heatproof bowl until just melted, stirring in between 20 second bursts. Add your vanilla and eggs to your butter and whisk gently until combined.
• Make a well in the middle of your dry ingredients, add wet ingredients along with buttermilk. Very gently fold the mixture using a spatula or wooden spoon until the mixture is just combined - be careful not to over mix. Add 75 grams (1/2 cup) of chocolate chips to the batter.
• Pour mixture into prepared tin and sprinkle extra 35 grams (1/4 cup) of chocolate chips on top. Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE CHIP NUT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-5-inch standard loaf pan.
• Make the cinnamon sugar: In a small bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon
• Make the batter: In a large bowl, using an electric mixer at medium speed, beat the eggs until frothy, about 3 minutes. Add the sugar and vanilla, beating until smooth. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Add the melted butter and sour cream to the egg-and-sugar mixture; beat until well combined. At low speed, add the dry mixture to the wet mixture a spoonful at a time, beating just until smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Spread half of the batter in the prepared pan and sprinkle evenly with about two-thirds of the cinnamon sugar. Sprinkle with the walnuts. Top with the remaining batter, spreading evenly, then sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar.
• Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until a knife or skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Hand mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, walnuts, chocolate chips, and vanilla extract in mixing bowl until chocolate chips and walnuts are evenly spread out throughout mixture.
• In another bowl, mash bananas and add to the main mixing bowl.
• Soften the butter (I microwave for 20 seconds) and add to the main mixing bowl.
• Add two whole eggs to main mixing bowl.
• Mix all ingredients together by hand until it has a batter-like consistency.
• Pour into greased loaf pan.
• Let mixture set for at least 20 minutes before baking (Preheat the oven to 325°F).
• Bake at 325°F for 65 minutes (may take longer depending on the oven and altitude).
• When finished baking, it is best to let it set overnight before serving.
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• An optional recipe: Instead of the chocolate chips, use 1 1/2 tsp of cinnamon to make Cinnamon Banana Nut Bread.

CHOCOLATE WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Lightly grease and cocoa pans; tap out excess cocoa.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together cocoa, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In a large bowl, using a whisk or an electric mixer, blend together sugar, egg, milk, oil and vanilla.
• Slowly add in the dry ingredients, beating just until combined.
• Stir in walnuts, chocolate chips, and dates.
• Turn batter into the baking pans, sprinkle with nuts and chocolate chips.
• Bake 55 to 60 minutes for a large loaf, about 25 minutes for mini loaves or until tester inserted in bread comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes, take out of pan and cool completely on the rack.

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan, preferably glass.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Stir bananas, milk, and cinnamon in another bowl. Beat butter and sugar in a third bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs to butter mixture, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir banana mixture into butter mixture. Stir in dry mixture until blended. Fold in chocolate chips until just combined. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.

CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, bananas, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to the banana mixture and mix just until combined. Fold in nuts if desired. Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan., Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.