Chocolate Bread

I have been wanting to make a chocolate yeast bread for a long time and finally found a good recipe. The recipe I found was for the bread machine(don't have one, don't like the texture of the bread that comes from them). So I tweaked it just a tad and it came out great. I made half into rolls and the other half into the little loaf you see, I didn't get a picture of the rolls cause we (or I) eat them to fast.

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup warm water

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 cup Dutch process cocoa powder (or regular unsweetened cocoa powder)

1 tablespoon butter, softened

2 packages active dry yeast

1 teaspoon salt

4 oz bittersweet chocolate chunks (I used chocolate chips)

1 large egg yolk

Put the water and yeast into the mixing bowl and let sit for 5 minutes, add the sugar and let sit another 5 minutes. Add the cocoa powder, butter and egg yolk mix for 2 minutes. Next add the flour and salt (never put the salt onto the yeast mixture it will kill it I usually put it with the flour). Kneed until the dough comes off the sides of the bowl, and continue for 5 minutes. Put the dough into a greased bowl turning over once to get the top. Let rise for 1 hour. Shape into loaves or rolls, I used little brioche tins and they came out great. Let rise for another 30 minutes. Bake 350 degrees for 20 minutes for the rolls and 30-35 for the larger loaf, to test if down tap the bread with the back of a table knife, if it sounds hallow its done. This bread was so good warm.

And the next day, and the next day! The original recipe said it was good for PB&J sandwiches, I didn't try it. But it sounds good.