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Chocolate Quick Bread Recipe

My husband and I both enjoy cooking, but the baking is left to me. Our sons loved this chocolaty quick bread when they were little...and still do as grownups!—Melissa Mitchell-Wilson, Wichita, Kansas

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Chocolate Quick Bread Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 55 min. + cooling

Yield: 16 Servings

20 55 75

Ingredients

1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup chopped pecans

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add buttermilk; mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chocolate chips and pecans.
Pour into a greased 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Yield: 1 loaf (16 slices).

Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 214 calories, 10 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 42 mg cholesterol, 192 mg sodium, 29 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Quick Bread in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2008, p90