Welsh Family Kitchen
AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD - CHOCOLATE
Though called a bread, this is more of a pound cake; a dessert. Kate brought this recipe, and a batch of starter, on the 2009 Labor Day weekend. If you don't have any starter, you're finished. If you do, you may already know this recipe. Do not use any metal spoon or bowl.
Ingredients:
1 bowl of starter from Starter Maintenance
2 cups flour, divided
1/2 cups 1/2 & 1/2, divided
1.5 cups sugar, divided
3 eggs
1 cup oil
2.5 t cinnamon, divided
1 t Instant Espresso
2 oz. Unsweetened Baker's Chocolate
.5 t vanilla
1.5 t baking powder
.5 t Baking Soda
.5 t salt
1 large box (5.6 oz) instant chocolate
1 cup pecans
Procedures:
To the remaining batter add:
Baker's Chocolate melted in the oil
1/2 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1 t cinnamon
1 t Instant Expresso
Chocolate pudding
1/2 t vanilla
1.5 t baking powder
.5 t baking soda
.5 t salt
2 cups sifted flour
pecans
Create the dusting mixture by combining 1/2 cup sugar and 1.5 t cinnamon.
Grease 2 large, non-metal, loaf pans and dust each with some of the dusting mixture.
Pour the batter evenly into the loaf pans and then sprinkle the remaining dusting mixture over the top.
Bake 1:15 at 325o, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool until the bread loosens evenly from the pan (about 10 minutes) and turn out onto serving plate.
May be served warm or cool.
Notes:
2009-10-12: We added 2 oz of Unsweetend baker's chocolate, Expresson coffee and reduced the cinnamon.
2009-09-14: The 1st batch was done with Chocolate pudding, pecans and 1/2 & 1/2 instead of milk.
12/05/2014
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