Triple-Chocolate Quick Bread
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling
YIELD: 4 mini-loaves.
Every year around this time, I'll make this bread for my family. I've also given it as a homemade gift. It's pretty wrapped in colored foil or put in a tin. —Karen Grimes, Stephens City, Virginia
Ingredients
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1-1/2 cups miniature semisweet chocolate chips, divided
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1/2 cup butter, softened
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2/3 cup packed brown sugar
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2 eggs
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1-1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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GLAZE:
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1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
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1 tablespoon butter
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2 to 3 tablespoons half-and-half cream
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1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
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1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Pinch salt
Directions
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1.
Ina microwave-safe bowl, melt 1 cup chocolate chips; set aside to cool. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and cooled chocolate; mix well. Add applesauce and vanilla; set aside. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the remaining chocolate chips.
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2.
Spoon into four greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks.
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3.
For glaze, melt chocolate chips and butter in a small heavy saucepan; stir in cream. Remove from the heat; stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt. Drizzle over warm breads. Cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
1 slice: 243 calories, 11g fat (7g saturated fat), 36mg cholesterol, 273mg sodium, 35g carbohydrate (22g sugars, 2g fiber), 3g protein.
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