Recipe: Chocolate Bread

Chocolate Bread
rec.food.recipes/Marg Johnson/2000

3 oz. unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.

Melt the chocolate and butter together in a small pan over low heat; set aside to cool.

Mix the dry ingredients (except sugar) together. Place the remaining ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat until blended. Add the mixed dry ingredients and chocolate mixture and beat until smooth.

Pour into pans and bake for 45 minutes or test done. Let cool in pans for 5 minutes and then remove from pans and cool completely.