homemade chocolate bread

Hi Hi! Today I bring you the recipe for Homemade Chocolate Bread that I presented to you last week by Instagram.

This recipe is designed to give yourself a sweet treat on any given day, obviously it is not the typical bread with which you would make toast every day. It is not a particularly healthy recipe, because it contains ingredients that we should not abuse, so let’s take it as a whim.

Ingredients

400 grams of strong flour + reserve
10 grams of fresh yeast (not to be confused with sachet yeast)
150 ml of milk vegetable
1 bar of dark chocolate
Orange peel
Lemon peel
3 tablespoons of 100% vegetable margarine
Cinnamon powder
A vanilla-flavored soy yogurt
Agave syrup or your favorite sweetener
Optional: agave syrup to paint the surface of the bread
*We will need parchment paper

Step by step

1. Weigh 400 grams of flour and reserve in a large bowl (in the photo you will see 300, but then I added 100 more).
2. On the other hand, we calculate the 150 ml of non-dairy milk (more or less 1/2 cup).
3. In the cup, we introduce the crumbled yeast with your hands. Beat with a fork until broken.
   

   We weigh the flour and prepare the vegetable milk.

4. Then, we cut a piece of orange peel and another of lemon and let them macerate in the milk.
5. Add a minimum of 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon (although I finally added 1 whole).
6. On the other hand, heat until the 3 tablespoons of margarine melt. When it is melted, add it to the flour and mix well.
   

   Let’s flavor the milk and add cinnamon and vegetable margarine to the flour.

7. Add the yogurt, 2 tablespoons of syrup and the flavored vegetable milk, having previously removed the lemon and orange skins and beat with a fork to distribute well the yeast for the milk.
   The amount of sweetener can be adapted to your personal tastes. With this amount there is a very very soft sweetness, if you like very sweet breads add more. 
8. Knead well until the ingredients are mixed properly.
9. We take the chocolate bar and chop it with a knife, into small cubes.
10. Add everything to the dough and knead for 3 minutes, with force and energy. If the dough sticks to you, you can sprinkle
11. Sprinkle a little flour on the table and put the dough on top, and knead  for 5 more minutes.
12. Now, we make a ‘churro’ and cut it into six parts. Look at the photo below.
    

    We knead the dough for our chocolate bread.

     

13. Now, we take each of the cuts, knead it and roll it into a ball.
14. Place the buns on the tray from the oven with the parchment paper on.
15. Let it rise for 1 hour.
16. Later, we paint them with a little agave syrup, and with a spoon we spread it well over the the entire surface of the pan.
17. 

    Let rise and bake.

18. Put in the oven, turned on with a fan, at 180 degrees. The average baking time is about 35 / 45 minutes, but this can vary a lot depending on the type of oven. After 25 minutes, try to pay attention.
19. When the outside is golden, remove it from the oven and let it cool.
20. Open it in the middle and fill it with chocolate or eat it bites