Chocolate Bread – in the Bread Machine!

Over the holidays, yayanana gave me her old bread machine, so I decided to try it out with a loaf of chocolate bread. It’s not a desserty brownie type thing. It’s more like a normal bread-texture with a cocoa flavor, not too sweet. It’s great warmed up, with a schmear of butter on it.

Next time, though, I think I’d use the “sandwich” setting on my machine, which supposedly makes a bread with a softer crust. The crust on this one was pretty crunchy, and didn’t match the flavor of the bread.

So here’s the recipe for ya!

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 Tablespoon yeast
  • a little less than 2 cups flour (all-purpose, or bread flour)
  • 1/3 cup of cocoa
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoon (which is 4 1/2 teaspoons) oil
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cups water

Add everything into the bread machine in the recommended order. For most machines, I think that’s liquids, dry ingredients, then yeast. My machine has a little container for the yeast, and it releases it at the correct moment. Set your machine, and wait until it beeps, “I’m finished!!!”

It’s pretty yummy right out of the machine, but it’s a lot easier to slice once it cools.

Try it out and let me know how you like it!

31 Responses to Chocolate Bread – in the Bread Machine!
  1. clarinetlaj
    November 3, 2009 | 12:45 am

    it is at http://www.joyfulhelpmeet.blogspot.com. Basically i said how great it was with a link to your recipe and a picture from your site. I would love to have you check out my blog. I am new to the website world so i am still getting started, but it is going well so far. i really love your site and come often to browse your recipes. i am very inspired by your diligence.

  2. clarinetlaj
    November 3, 2009 | 1:28 am

    haha yeah there are alot of those on kraftcanada.com (if you havent used these recipes you absolutely HAVE to).

  3. JoyfulAbode
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    November 3, 2009 | 1:22 am

    Aw what a nice post! Thank you for telling your readers about my site and I'm so glad you enjoyed the bread.
    Congratulations on your pregnancy too btw.
    And I love that ode to your failed dinner poem! Reminds me a lot of the reviews on allrecipes.com …. people are like “I didn't have those ingredients so I did it totally differently and it sucked!!! 1 star!”

  4. JoyfulAbode
    Twitter:
    November 3, 2009 | 12:36 am

    What's your blog URL? I'd love to see it!
    I prefer if people post a write-up in their own words with a link to my original post, so if you did that, yay!
    It makes me sad when people copy my posts or recipes and re-post them on their own site though… I'd rather they point their readers to me since they obviously like me enough, you know?

  5. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 10:47 pm

    I put this up on my blog and gave you the credit. Is that OK??

  6. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 5:45 pm

    it is at http://www.joyfulhelpmeet.blogspot.com. Basically i said how great it was with a link to your recipe and a picture from your site. I would love to have you check out my blog. I am new to the website world so i am still getting started, but it is going well so far. i really love your site and come often to browse your recipes. i am very inspired by your diligence.

  7. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 5:45 pm

    it is at http://www.joyfulhelpmeet.blogspot.com. Basically i said how great it was with a link to your recipe and a picture from your site. I would love to have you check out my blog. I am new to the website world so i am still getting started, but it is going well so far. i really love your site and come often to browse your recipes. i am very inspired by your diligence.

  8. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 5:45 pm

    it is at http://www.joyfulhelpmeet.blogspot.com. Basically i said how great it was with a link to your recipe and a picture from your site. I would love to have you check out my blog. I am new to the website world so i am still getting started, but it is going well so far. i really love your site and come often to browse your recipes. i am very inspired by your diligence.

  9. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 6:28 pm

    haha yeah there are alot of those on kraftcanada.com (if you havent used these recipes you absolutely HAVE to).

  10. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 6:28 pm

    haha yeah there are alot of those on kraftcanada.com (if you havent used these recipes you absolutely HAVE to).

  11. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 6:28 pm

    haha yeah there are alot of those on kraftcanada.com (if you havent used these recipes you absolutely HAVE to).

  12. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 6:28 pm

    haha yeah there are alot of those on kraftcanada.com (if you havent used these recipes you absolutely HAVE to).

  13. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 6:28 pm

    haha yeah there are alot of those on kraftcanada.com (if you havent used these recipes you absolutely HAVE to).

  14. JoyfulAbode
    Twitter:
    November 2, 2009 | 6:22 pm

    Aw what a nice post! Thank you for telling your readers about my site and I'm so glad you enjoyed the bread.
    Congratulations on your pregnancy too btw.
    And I love that ode to your failed dinner poem! Reminds me a lot of the reviews on allrecipes.com …. people are like “I didn't have those ingredients so I did it totally differently and it sucked!!! 1 star!”

  15. JoyfulAbode
    Twitter:
    November 2, 2009 | 6:22 pm

    Aw what a nice post! Thank you for telling your readers about my site and I'm so glad you enjoyed the bread.
    Congratulations on your pregnancy too btw.
    And I love that ode to your failed dinner poem! Reminds me a lot of the reviews on allrecipes.com …. people are like “I didn't have those ingredients so I did it totally differently and it sucked!!! 1 star!”

  16. JoyfulAbode
    Twitter:
    November 2, 2009 | 6:22 pm

    Aw what a nice post! Thank you for telling your readers about my site and I'm so glad you enjoyed the bread.
    Congratulations on your pregnancy too btw.
    And I love that ode to your failed dinner poem! Reminds me a lot of the reviews on allrecipes.com …. people are like “I didn't have those ingredients so I did it totally differently and it sucked!!! 1 star!”

  17. JoyfulAbode
    Twitter:
    November 2, 2009 | 6:22 pm

    Aw what a nice post! Thank you for telling your readers about my site and I'm so glad you enjoyed the bread.
    Congratulations on your pregnancy too btw.
    And I love that ode to your failed dinner poem! Reminds me a lot of the reviews on allrecipes.com …. people are like “I didn't have those ingredients so I did it totally differently and it sucked!!! 1 star!”

  18. JoyfulAbode
    Twitter:
    November 2, 2009 | 5:37 pm

    Oh wow, that sounds awesome! Glad you discovered that. :)

  19. JoyfulAbode
    Twitter:
    November 2, 2009 | 5:37 pm

    Oh wow, that sounds awesome! Glad you discovered that. :)

  20. JoyfulAbode
    Twitter:
    November 2, 2009 | 5:37 pm

    Oh wow, that sounds awesome! Glad you discovered that. :)

  21. JoyfulAbode
    Twitter:
    November 2, 2009 | 5:37 pm

    Oh wow, that sounds awesome! Glad you discovered that. :)

  22. JoyfulAbode
    Twitter:
    November 2, 2009 | 5:36 pm

    What's your blog URL? I'd love to see it!
    I prefer if people post a write-up in their own words with a link to my original post, so if you did that, yay!
    It makes me sad when people copy my posts or recipes and re-post them on their own site though… I'd rather they point their readers to me since they obviously like me enough, you know?

  23. JoyfulAbode
    Twitter:
    November 2, 2009 | 4:36 pm

    What's your blog URL? I'd love to see it!
    I prefer if people post a write-up in their own words with a link to my original post, so if you did that, yay!
    It makes me sad when people copy my posts or recipes and re-post them on their own site though… I'd rather they point their readers to me since they obviously like me enough, you know?

  24. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 3:01 pm

    Oh my goodness!!!! I just made this in my bread machine and it was SOOOO good! I ate it with peanut butter and it tasted a bit like a bittersweet reese peanut butter cup. Definitely a keeper recipe.

  25. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 3:01 pm

    Oh my goodness!!!! I just made this in my bread machine and it was SOOOO good! I ate it with peanut butter and it tasted a bit like a bittersweet reese peanut butter cup. Definitely a keeper recipe.

  26. clarinetlaj
    November 2, 2009 | 2:47 pm

    I put this up on my blog and gave you the credit. Is that OK??

  27. CBK-200
    October 17, 2009 | 8:58 pm

    it's look tasty

  28. Joyful Abode
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    January 16, 2008 | 6:07 am

    Mmmmm… Ruby Tuesdays has some GOOD croutons!

  29. Wendy
    January 15, 2008 | 9:49 pm

    Interesting! It made me think of pumpernickle bread, and now I want croutons from Ruby Tuesdays. haha. It looks wonderful though!

  30. Joyful Abode
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    January 15, 2008 | 7:53 pm

    I tried to describe the flavor in the post… it’s more of a regular bread texture, not too sweet, but a nice cocoa flavor. Not like a muffin. I love muffins though.

  31. Random Notions
    January 15, 2008 | 7:10 pm

    hmmm chocolate bread, does that taste like a muffin?

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