Black Forest Bread

Prep Time: ten minutes

Cook Time: one hour

Total Time: one hour, ten minutes

Ingredients:

one cup water
two tablespoons margarine, butter or vegetable oil
one giant egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
one teaspoon almond or vanilla extract
1/4 cup sugar
three cups bread flour
three tablespoons non-fat instant dry milk powder
three tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1-1/4 teaspoons bread machine yeast or instant yeast
2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup whole maraschino cherries, well drained on paper towel

Preparation:

Add water, margarine, egg, salt, almond or vanilla extract, sugar, bread flour, dry milk, cocoa powder, and yeast to bread machine according to manufacturer's directions. Select sweet or basic white cycle. After dough is mixed, scrape down sides of bread pan with spatula if needed to be positive all ingredients are incorporated. Close lid.

Add chocolate chips and cherries at ingredient signal (or about twenty to 30 minutes in to cycle.) Close lid again and let baking method continue.

Makes one loaf.

Notes: Jumbo chocolate chips or chocolate chunks won't melt as speedy as regular-size chips. If the chips don't melt, the kneading action of your machine may produce lovely pockets of chocolate.