WET INGREDIENTS:
- 2 large whole eggs
- 1 cup of buttermilk, milk or favorite non-dairy drink including water
- ½ cup butter, ghee or favorite non-dairy fat, including oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
DRY INGREDIENTS:
- 2 cups of Yeast Free Bread Mix from Anna™
- ½ cup cocoa (all natural, unsweetened)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅔ to 1 cup favorite sweetener (if using a dry sweetener mix with dry ingredients, if using a wet sweetener such as honey or maple mix with wet)
OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS:
- ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chip or chocolate piece (chips will not melt completely)
- 1 cup of chopped nuts (walnut, pecans, almonds all work nicely)
DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- For best results sift flour, cocoa and dry sweetener, combine and whisk until well combined. Whisk in cinnamon. Set aside.
- Blend together all wet ingredients until creamy in texture. Add one cup of dry (flour, cocoa, sweetener, cinnamon) and blend into wet. Continue adding dry ingredients blend one cup at a time until all dry mix is combined with wet. Batter will be stiff. Pour into a greased large, 8.5 x 4.5 inch loaf pan.
- Bake for one hour. When baking time is complete, cool loaf on a wire rack in pan. After approximately one hour, loaf can be removed from the baking pan to continue cool.
TIPS:
- Bread is delicious served warm or toasted. Very nice with fresh fruit, yogurt or your favorite nut butter.
- Can be stored on the counter for four days or in the refrigerator for 7-10 days. Can also be frozen and stored frozen for three months.
