Double Chocolate Quick Bread Recipes

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE QUICK BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Measure the buttermilk. Put buttermilk and eggs on counter to come to room temperature. (Very important!)
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter well 3 mini loaf pans (5.25 x 3 x 2.25). (You may use a large loaf pan, you will need to adjust baking time.)
• In a mixing bowl combine flour, brown sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cocoa powder. Be sure to mix until no streaks of flour or clumps remain. Add desired amount of chocolate chips, reserving a few to sprinkle on top of the bread.
• In a small bowl place (room temperature) buttermilk, eggs, liquid oil, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Whisk until combined.
• Pour wet ingredients into dry and fold to combine. Don't over mix but you also don't want streaks of dry ingredients remaining.
• Pour batter into the 3 prepared pans. Press remaining chocolate chips over the top of the batter.
• Place in oven. Turn oven down to 350 degrees.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes.
• Let cool for 10 minutes in pans. Carefully remove from pans and cool completely on rack.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9X5-inch baking pan and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the applesauce, oil, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and sour cream until well blended.
• Add the dry ingredients and pour the chocolate chips on top of the dry ingredients. Stir until the batter is just combined (don't overmix!).
• Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan and bake for 45-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs but not wet batter.
• Let the bread cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes before running a knife gently around the edges and turning out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

DOUBLE-CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat heavy cream, sugar, and milk in a 2-quart saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Stir chopped chocolate into warm cream mixture using a wire whisk until smooth and chocolate has melted completely. Whisk eggs and vanilla extract into mixture gradually until well combined.
• Place French bread into the bottom of a shallow 8-inch square glass or ceramic baking dish. Pour chocolate mixture over bread. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Remove pudding from the refrigerator, uncover, and sprinkle with chocolate chips.
• Bake in the preheated oven, uncovered, until set, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Remove from the oven. Let cool 10 minutes before serving warm, or cover and refrigerate to serve cold later.

TRIPLE-CHOCOLATE QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Ina microwave-safe bowl, melt 1 cup chocolate chips; set aside to cool. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and cooled chocolate; mix well. Add applesauce and vanilla; set aside. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the remaining chocolate chips. , Spoon into four greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks. , For glaze, melt chocolate chips and butter in a small heavy saucepan; stir in cream. Remove from the heat; stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt. Drizzle over warm breads. Cool completely.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Spray bottom of loaf pan with non stick spray.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, beat sugar, eggs and oil at medium speed until mixed. Beat in vanilla.
• In another bowl, stir flour, cocoa and baking soda together.
• Add flour mixture into the sugar mixture and beat just until combined. Stir in bananas and chocolate chips.
• Spoon batter into pan and bake 60-70 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan. After removing from the pan cool completely on wire rack.