Cinnamon-Chocolate Chip Bread

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Description

This cinnamon-chocolate chip bread is a deliciously rich and chocolaty dessert bread. It’ll never last more than a day!

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 3 tablespoons warm water
  • cooking spray
  • 1 cup warm nonfat milk
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 ½ cups bread flour, or more as needed
  • Filling and Topping:
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 6 (1 ounce) squares semisweet baking chocolate, chopped
  • 1 egg, beaten

Instructions

  1. Dissolve yeast in warm water and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile
  3. coat the inside of a large bowl with cooking spray.
  4. Add warm milk
  5. melted butter
  6. egg
  7. and salt to yeast mixture; whisk for 1 minute. Gradually stir in flour until dough is no longer sticky.
  8. Knead dough by hand on a lightly floured surface or in a stand mixer fitted with a bread hook for 10 minutes. Transfer to the prepared bowl and turn until dough is covered in cooking spray. Cover with a damp cloth and leave in a warm place until doubled in size
  9. about 1 hour.
  10. Spray a 9×5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Mix together sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl; set aside.
  11. Remove dough from the bowl. Punch it and fold in the sides. Flatten dough with a rolling pin into a 9×18-inch rectangle. Brush on melted butter and sprinkle with all but 3 tablespoons cinnamon-sugar mixture. Sprinkle with chopped chocolate. Roll dough carefully
  12. starting at the short end
  13. and pinch closed at the seam. Place seam-side down in the prepared loaf pan. Cover the pan and set in a warm place until doubled in size
  14. about 1 hour.
  15. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  16. Brush beaten egg on top of dough and sprinkle with remaining 3 tablespoons cinnamon-sugar mixture.
  17. Bake in preheated oven until top is golden brown
  18. 40 to 45 minutes. Carefully tip loaf out of pan onto a work surface and let it cool on a wire rack.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins

Servings: 10

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