Chocolate Orange Bread

Name: Chocolate Orange Bread
Yield: One 8½ x 4½ x 2¼-inch loaf, about 6 to 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest; ¼ cup milk; 1 large egg; 2¾ cups unbleached bread or all-purpose flour; 2¾ cups unbleached bread or all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons sugar; ¼ cup alkalized (Dutch process) cocoa; ½ cup warm tap water (about 110 degrees); 2¼ teaspoons (1 envelope) active dry or instant yeast; 2¼ teaspoons (1 envelope) active dry or instant yeast

Preparation info

One 8½ x 4½ x 2¼ inch loaf, about
6 to 8
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How to Bake

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

About

Though this sounds more like cake than bread, it is not too sweet and makes a perfect breakfast or brunch bread.

Ingredients

½ cup warm tap water (about 110 degrees)
2¼ teaspoons (1 envelope) active dry or

Americas
United States
Breakfast
Brunch
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Place the warm water in a small bowl and whisk in the yeast.
To mix the dough by hand, combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, salt, orange zest, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl and stir well to combine. Rub in the butter, until no pieces of butter remain visible. Add the milk, egg, and yeast mixture and stir to form a rough dough. Transfer the dough to a lightly flo