Super-de-duper recipe! Perfect texture for this type of bread. I am not quite keen on cinnamon for my own personal tastes I cut the portion in half. I used frozen chocolate chips not room temperature to avoid them melting. Instead of adding them at the add-in cycle I put them in during the very last knead. I will absolutely fix this again...this week no doubt! I used the regular setting 2 pound load with medium darkness. I use a Breadman machine.
Be careful if your bread maker's "add fruits and nuts" beep rings early! Mine does and thus the machine was too hot and melted all the chocolate chips. The resulting chocolate bread was very delicious so I am definitely willing to try this again. If it doesn't work out again and I get no chocholate CHIPS the resulting bread is still so good!
I wanted chocolate chip cookies but my cookie sheets are packed away as I'm in the process of moving. My bread making stuff was still accessible so I figured I'd give this recipe a shot. I may never make cookies again this bread turned out so moist and perfect.The only thing I changed a little was I added a heaping teaspoon of cinnamon and probably a few more chocolate chips than the recipe calls for (I didn't measure I just tossed them in at the beep). I also added a bit more flour during the first kneading cycle because the dough was more like a batter at that point. A lot of chips settled to one side of the pan where the kneading didn't quite get to them which left a nice crust of chocolate on one end but next time I'll watch the time more closely to try to get the chips in just before the second kneading cycle (when my machine beeps for additions) so the chocolate chips might mix a bit better. I had my chocolate chips in the freezer which may have helped a bit. Since I would have loved this information when looking at reviews my bread machine is a Sunbeam 5891 and the fruit/nut beep seemed to be right on.
I had to add 1/2 cup more flour but this turned out wonderful. A big high loaf with a soft cake-like texture it's great for dessert or peanut butter sandwiches. I also added a few drops of vanilla extract increased yeast to 2 teasp. and used 1/2 cup each of chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.
We love this one!! Compared to the other recipe which uses twice the butter but less 1 tbsp of brown sugar and yeast I think this one has the more spot on measurements. I have no bread machine so I did the kneading on my KA. I let it rise 3 times and my bread baked up so high and fluffy. I had to use 1 cup more flour but that is because our weather here is so humid. Baked it in the oven at 350 for about 35 minutes. I added a little cocoa powder in place of the cinnamon and will increase the cocoa to 1tbsp because we love chocolate here. Mmm. Thank you for posting.
I made this for my family and my mother liked it very much. My young sister however disliked it and said that it was 'too bland'. I enjoyed it but next time I'd wait until after the add-in beeper to put the chips in because the beeper went off too early and all the chips melted.
This is a great bread for anyone desiring a bit of chocolate to satify a sweet tooth. The kids like it and the moms in my neighborhood say "I could eat the whole loaf by myself".
Kids love the chocolatey taste but the bread doesn't seem to rise the same as others. The chips don't seem to spread through the bread evenly either. Pretty easy to make though. Will definitely try it again using my other bread machine to see if it makes a difference in the rise.
This bread is wonderful! Turned out perfectly! Thank you!
I ended up with chocolate bread like everyone else. I used frozen chips but that didn't help. This has a great taste but I think this recipe would best be made on the dough setting so I can mix in the chocolate chips separately.
