Chocolate and Cardamom Bread

Chocolate and Cardamom Bread

“This recipe offers a uniquely tasty bread!!"

Ingredients:

2 cups of Strong Bread Flour

1/3 cup of Cacao

2 tablespoons Plain Flour

1 oz melted and cooled Butter

1 tablespoon Soft Brown Sugar

1 Level teaspoon of Fast-Acting Yeast

2 tablespoons powdered Milk

Large pinch of Salt

1 Large Egg

1/3 cup of lukewarm Milk

1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract

5 Cardamom Pods, Shelled and Seeds ground to powder

a generous handful of Dark Chocolate Chips

Method:

1. Sift the flours and salt into a large bowl.
2. Add the sugar, cacao, milk powder, yeast and cardamom.
3. Stir ingredients until fully mixed.
4. Make a well in the centre, to add the wet ingredients.
5. Add the cooled butter, milk, egg and vanilla extract and stir in with fork.
6. Mix until the mixture forms a firm dough.
7. Knead with the knuckles until the dough is smooth for around 10 minutes.
8. Rest the dough in the bowl covered with cling film for about 1 hour.
9. Roll out on a floured surface into a large round of width of the bread tin.
10. Baste the dough with a layer of water.
11. Roll up to form a swiss-roll and place in baking tin.
12. Prick top with a fork and baste wth water.
13. Bake for 20 minutes, and tap to test for hollow sound to show dough is fully cooked.
14. Cool and serve with toppings.

“Uniquely tasty Chocolate Bread!"