Easy Chocolate Bread

We see white bread everywhere, but we seldom come by chocolate bread. Hence, why not make our own. 

Preparation Time: 30 mins (excluding waiting time for the dough to rise)
Cooking Time: 25 mins
Serving Size: 1 loaf of bread

Ingredients
3/4 cup of milk (I used Farmhouse fresh milk)
1 whole egg
3/4 tablepoon of butter at room temperature
1 1/4 tablespoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of yeast
1/4 tablespoon of salt
1 cup of bread flour
1 cup of all purpose flour
additional 1 cup of all purpose flour to be used when kneading
1/5 cup of cocoa powder

Steps
1. Add milk and sugar in a mixing bowl. Warm it up in a microwave for 30 seconds until warm to touch.
2. Add yeast and stir the mixture. Let is stay for about 5 minutes.
3. Add butter, salt and egg into the mixture and continue to stir.
4. Add in the bread flour. Stir until it is mixed well. 
5. Continue to add a cup of all purpose flour and cocoa powder and mix.

6. Once the dough the thick, sprinkle some flour for kneading into the working area. Pour the mixture out onto the working area and start kneading, while continuously adding some flour along the way.

7. Knead for about 5 minutes until it is no longer sticky, yet feels elastic.
8. Move the dough into the bowl. Cover the bowl with cling wrap and allow the dough to rise. This will take about 1 hour.

9. Once the dough has doubled in size, move the dough onto the working bench again. (Remember to sprinkle some flour on the working bench first)

10. Continue to knead the dough. Add some flour if the dough turns too sticky. Knead for about 5 minutes.
11. Grease the loaf pan well. Flatten the dough and then roll the dough into the length of the loaf pan. 

12. Put the dough into the loaf pan and cover it with cling wrap to allow the dough to rise again. This will take about 1 hour.

13. At this time, preheat the oven at 180 degrees Celcius. 
14. Once the dough has risen, remove the cling wrap and put the loaf pan into the oven to start baking. This will bake for 25 minutes.

15. Once done, remove the bread from oven and allow to cool (about 15-20 minutes)

16. Once cool, move onto the cutting board. Slice the bread and serve with your favorite bread filling.. butter, peanut butter, the list just goes on and on and on ..