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Chocolate Cranberry Bread

Delicious and easy, this chocolate cranberry bread is sure to please anyone. Lightly sweet, airy crumb, and like heaven. You can eat this chocolate cranberry bread for breakfast or dessert. Toast it with butter and enjoy a hot cup of coffee or tea. You can't go wrong if you like chocolate, and bread!
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Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 360 grams Bread Flour can use All-Purpose Flour
  • 260 grams warm water
  • 40 grams cocoa
  • 8 grams salt
  • 1.5 tsp yeast
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips Enjoy Life are vegan and amazing
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries I use Craisins

Instructions
 

  • Combine the flour, cocoa, and salt in a bowl and whisk.
  • Add in warm water and yeast and mix until no more visible water remains.
  • Add in cranberries and chocolate chips and thoroughly mix with hands. Form into a ball.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and let rest until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
  • Lightly dust your counter with flour and turn the bowl over onto the floured work surface.
    Stretch the ends of the dough and place across the dough. Repeat for about 1 to 2 minutes. This takes the place of kneading as the dough is too sticky to knead.
  • Place the dough into a lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic, and let rest until doubled again.
  • Heat your oven to 425 degrees and place a dutch oven with lid inside to pre-heat.
  • Very lightly flour your surface and turn the bowl over to empty the dough. Cup the dough in your hands and pull towards yourself. Reposition the dough, cup and pull.
    You are adding surface tension to the dough by pulling the dough towards you.
  • Place the dough on parchment paper and cut an X across the top.
  • Open your oven, VERY CAREFULLY remove the lid off the hot dutch oven (it's HOT), and place the parchment paper with the dough inside the dutch oven. Place the HOT lid back on the dutch oven and close the oven door.
    Bake for 20 minutes with the lid on and then 10 minutes with the lid off.
  • Once fully cooked, carefully remove the dutch oven and place the Chocolate Cranberry Bread on a wire rack to cool.
  • Enjoy when cooled!
Keyword beginner, bread, chocolate, dessert, easy