Chocolate Quick Bread

Name: Chocolate Quick Bread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1 loaf (16 pieces).
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 large eggs, room temperature; 1 cup buttermilk; 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips; 1/3 cup chopped pecans

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 55 min. + cooling YIELD: 1 loaf (16 pieces).

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

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 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup chopped pecans

Directions

1. 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, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 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.
2. Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 55-60 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 214 calories, 10g fat (5g saturated fat), 42mg cholesterol, 192mg sodium, 29g carbohydrate (17g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.

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