Recipe

Chocolate & Cinnamon Tear & Share Loaf

Chocolate & Cinnamon Tear & Share Loaf

Recipe Adapted by Cocoa Runners From Joy The Baker – https://joythebaker.com/2011/03/cinnamon-sugar-pull-apart-bread/

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Method

  • Step 1Mix together 300g flour, sugar and salt and chopped chocolate. Set aside.
  • Step 2In a small bowl stir the warm water into the yeast. Let it sit until it bubbles. In the meantime, melt the butter, then add the milk and stir.
  • Step 3Pour the wet ingredients (milk/butter + water/yeast) into the dry ingredients and combine.
  • Step 4Add the eggs, one at a time.
  • Step 5Add 100g of flour bit by bit and mix until the dough is smooth. It should be very sticky.
  • Step 6Place the dough in a large greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and it rise in a warm place until doubled in size, 45min - 1 hour.
  • Step 7While the dough rises, whisk together the sugar and cinnamon for the filling.
  • Step 8Grease and flour a 23x13x8cm loaf tin.
  • Step 9Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead gently until it is smooth and no longer sticky (this should take about 1 minute).
  • Step 10Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let it rest for 5 minutes.
  • Step 11On a lightly floured work surface, roll the dough out into a rectangle that’s about 30x50cm.
  • Step 12Brush the rectangle with the melted butter and sprinkle with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
  • Step 13Slice the dough vertically into six equal strips. Stack the strips on top of one another and again cut into six equal stacks.
  • Step 14Layer the squares in the loaf pan, cover the pan with a kitchen towel and set in a warm place to rise for 30-45 minutes, or until it's almost doubled in size.
  • Step 15Preheat the oven to 175C.
  • Step 16Bake the cinnamon sugar pull apart-bread for 30 to 35 minutes, until the top is golden brown. If it browns too quickly, cover it loosely with kitchen foil.
  • Step 17Remove from the oven and let rest in the loaf tin.

Ingredients

  • For the Dough
  • 400g plain flour
  • 50g granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4tbsp warm water
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast
  • 80 ml whole milk
  • 45g unsalted butter melted
  • 2 eggs at room temperature
  • 50g roughly chopped dark chocolate chips
  • For the Filling
  • 100 grams granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 30 grams unsalted butter melted