Chocolate Walnut Butter Bread

Title: CHOCOLATE WALNUT BUTTER BREAD

Categories: Breads, Breakfast

Yield: 32 servings

1/2 c Warm water

1 pk Yeast

3 1/2 c Flour

1 tb Sugar

1 1/4 ts Salt

4 ea Eggs, room temp.

12 tb Butter, softened

1 c Walnuts, chopped (lg. pieces)

6 oz Chocolate, semisweet

Use 6-one ounce squares, broken or chopped in large

pieces. Put the water in a large mixing bowl and sprinkle in the yeast. Stir and allow to stand for 5

minutes to dissolve. Add the flour, sugar, salt, and eggs to the yeast mixture and beat vigorously until

well blended. Beat in the butter in Tablespoon sized

pieces until it is all incorporated and the batter is

smooth. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the

batter rise to double its bulk. Stir the batter down

and add the walnuts and chocolate pieces. Spoon the

batter into two greased 8 1/2x4 1/2x3-inch loaf pans

(the pans should be half full so the loaves will have

nicely rounded tops when they finish baking) Bake in a

350 oven for about 45 minutes. Remove from

the oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes, then turn

2 loaves; about 16 slices

each. Source: The Breakfast Book, Marion Cunningham --