chocolate chip almond bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees f/45 degrees c)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 3 cups bread flour
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup blanched slivered almonds
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons grated orange zest

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ready Time: 3 hrs 10 mins


• add the milk, salt, 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, flour, sugar and yeast into your bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. select basic or rapid setting. press start. when the display reads 0:00, or the second kneading is about to start, press stop and remove the bread.
• add the chocolate chips, almonds, cocoa powder, and almond extract to the dough. return to the bread machine and finish the cycle. serve warm with orange butter.
• to make orange butter: combine 1/2 cup butter or margarine, 1 cup confectioners' sugar and the zest of a small orange in a food processor until blended.