Chocolate Pistachio Bread Recipes

CHOCOLATE-PISTACHIO BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 9x5-inch loaf pan with shortening.
• In large bowl, mix granulated sugar, butter, milk and egg until well blended. Stir in remaining ingredients except sugar crystals. Pour into pan. Sprinkle with sugar crystals.
• Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaf from pan; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing.

PISTACHIO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
• Mix together cake mix, eggs, oil, water, pudding mix, sour cream, cherries, and food coloring. Pour into prepared pans. In a small bowl, stir together cinnamon and sugar. Sprinkle tops of loaves with mixture.
• Bake for 45 minutes. Cool.

PISTACHIO QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine cake and dry pudding mixes. Add the eggs, sour cream, water and oil; beat until blended (batter will be thick). , Combine sugar and cinnamon. Spoon half of the batter into 2 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans; sprinkle each with 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar. Spread with remaining batter; sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

CHOCOLATE AND PISTACHIO WHIRLIGIG BUNS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine 8 tablespoons butter and the milk, and place over low heat until lukewarm, stirring to melt the butter. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
• In a large bowl, combine 5 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast. In a medium bowl, beat eggs lightly, and then whisk in milk mixture.
• Using a mixer with a dough hook, or by hand, stir liquid ingredients into dry ingredients. Knead dough for 7-8 minutes until smooth and springy, adding more flour by the tablespoon if necessary to form a soft, slightly sticky dough. Form into a ball, and place in an oiled bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 30 minutes.
• Line bottom of a 13-by-10-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
• Punch down the dough. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to a rectangle about 22 by 12 inches.
• To make filling, dollop the remaining 8 tablespoons softened butter over the dough and spread into an even layer. Sprinkle the sugar evenly over the butter. Chop pistachios until splintery, and sprinkle evenly over dough. Top with chocolate chips, pressing the chocolate and nuts gently into the dough. Starting from longest side, carefully roll up dough so it looks like a long sausage. Cut dough into 20 slices, each 1-inch thick, and arrange with a cut side up in pan.
• Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brush buns with beaten egg, and let them sit in a warm place until puffed up and spongy to the touch, about 15 minutes. Bake until buns are risen and golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool in the pan at least 30 minutes, then cut and serve warm.

CHOCOLATE PISTACHIO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease bottom and sides of a 9x5x3 loaf pan with shortening.
• Mix sugar, butter, milk and egg in a large bowl until well blended.
• Stir in remaining ingredients, except decorating sugar.
• Pour batter into loaf pan.
• Sprinkle with decorating sugar, if desired.
• Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan.
• Loosen sides of loaf from pan and remove loaf to a wire rack to cool.
• Cool 2 hours before slicing.

PISTACHIO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease or spray 2 loaf pans.
• Layer batter and crumb mixture evenlly between the loaf pans, end with crumb mixture on top.
• Use a butter knife to marble the layers.
• Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE PISTACHIO COOKIES

Steps:

• Stir pistachios, flax seed, cocoa powder, and coffee beans together in a bowl.
• Blend figs, dates, cinnamon, agave nectar, and strawberry together in a food processor until thoroughly combined.
• Stir fruit mixture into pistachio mixture; mix to form a workable dough.
• Divide dough in half and pat each half into a flat cookie shape. Place cookies on a plate and refrigerate for 1 hour, flipping cookies after 30 minutes.

PISTACHIO BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F
• Grease two bread pans with a spray oil or butter.
• In a small bowl combine white sugar and cinnamon, mix well.
• Pour cinnamon sugar into loaf pan and gently shake it all around coating the bottom and sides of pan. Coat both pans..
• In a medium bowl, combine cake mix, pistachio pudding mix (dry), eggs, oil, water & sour cream.
• Add additional green food coloring if you wish for your bread to be a darker green. Mine is a lime green color, mix well.
• Batter will be very thick. Pour half the batter into each pan. Spread smoothly on top in preparation for baking.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the bread comes out clean.
• Let bread rest for 5 minutes before removing from pans and allowing to fully cool on a wire rack.
• Once cake is fully cooled, make icing.
• In a small bowl with a hand whisk, combine vanilla extract, almond extract & milk. Mix well.
• Add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• After icing is mixed pour over bread.
• Top immediately with chopped pistachios as icing will dry quickly.