Chocolate Loves Vanilla Bread Food

CHOCOLATE MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the melted chocolate chips, eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce just until moistened. Fold in miniature chips., Divide batter among five greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans, about 1 cup in each. Bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , For glaze, combine the chocolate chips, butter and water in a saucepan; cook and stir over low heat until chocolate is melted. Remove from the heat; stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt until smooth. Drizzle over cooled loaves.

CHOCOLATE VANILLA BREAD

Steps:

• Prep time includes rising time.
• Place the chocolate chips in the bowl of a food processor. Process until the chips are coarsely chopped, and covered with a coating of ground chocolate. Set the mixture aside.
• To prepare the dough: Combine all of the ingredients EXCEPT the chopped chocolate. Mix and knead them until you have a soft smooth dough. (You can use bread machine, mixer or do it by hand).
• Allow the dough to rise, covered, for 1 to 2 hours, or until it's puffy and nearly doubled in bulk. Lightly grease a 9-inch round cake pan.Between chocolate melting inside, and the sugar topping (which runs down the sides of the bread into the bottom of the pan), this bread tends to stick to the pan.
• Gently deflate the dough, and knead the chips into it. Shape the dough into a flat ball, and place it in the prepared pan, flattening to reach the edges of the pan. Cover the pan with lightly greased plastic wrap, and allow the dough to rise for 1 1/4 to 2 1/2 hours, or till its center just crests over the height of the pan. While the bread is rising, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the sugar, vanilla, and water, stirring until the sugar is suspended in the liquid, even if it hasn't melted. Drizzle this mixture over the top of the risen bread.
• Bake for 20 minutes, tent it lightly with aluminum foil to prevent over-browning, and bake for an additional 30 to 35 minutes, or until it's a deep golden brown and the internal temperature registers 190 degrees. Remove from the oven.
• After 5 minutes, run a table knife around the edge of the pan, working it under the bottom a bit to loosen the bread as much as possible. Carefully turn it out of the pan and transfer it to a rack to cool. Cool the bread completely before cutting it.

CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Stir in bread, bananas, and chocolate chips, and let stand 5 minutes for bread to soak. Pour into prepared pan.
• Line a roasting pan with a damp kitchen towel. Place loaf pan on towel inside roasting pan, and place roasting pan on oven rack. Fill roasting pan with water to reach halfway up the sides of the loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.