This recipe is adapted from a recipe in a cookbook that I own. It is Pillsbury Best Muffins and Quick Breads. I really like this cookbook and I have found quite a few good recipes in it. Check to see if your library has this book, you will enjoy it.
My family really enjoys muffins and quick breads for breakfasts and snacks. This recipe is not exactly healthy considering that it has chocolate and chocolate chips in it, but it is so good.
I do think this is much healthier than a store bought muffin, bread, or cake mix would be. It is homemade so it does not contain all the preservatives and stuff that store bought items and mixes contain.
I hope you give this one a try.
Buttermilk Chocolate Bread
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease only the bottom of a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the buttermilk. Combine the flour, 1/2 cup cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the buttermilk mixture until moistened. Mix in 1 cup chocolate chips. Pour into the prepared pan.
Bake for 55 to 65 minutes in the preheated oven, until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Well, Lynn, you know I love chocolate and I love your recipes…. so, this is another winner!
Homemade bread… it always has something that store bought can’t. LOVE!
I want to try making my own butter and what a fun way to use the buttermilk in this yummy recipe. Thank you.
Roberta Anne
Oooh, you appeal to my tastebuds with this one. Chocolate is a veggie right?!
That LOOKS so amazingly good, but probably not compatible with trying to lose weight. Oh it looks good though.
looks good! another recipe I can put in my book that uses buttermilk! Oh and I can’t forget the chocolate.
I made chocolate bread once and it did not turn out so well., This looks a little different, I bet the buttermilk helps
I know that I would like that bread. Chocolate and buttermilk in baking are always a hit.
I really like the pan, too. The color is pretty and the edge is unique.
Oh yum! This sounds great! I can totally do this one.
And btw ANYthing you make at home has much less fat and calories and everything else than the exact same thing you buy at a bakery or store. Seriously. Calculate the calories in a cookie you make and then look up one online. It’s ridiculous and makes me want to only eat from scratch foods again (not that I actually do but…)
I am such a chocoholic this sounds dreamy!
Yummy!! Think I just found a new recipe to try out this weekend!
Yummy! I think I found what recipe I want to make this weekend!
This sounds wonderful! Thanks for the recipe.
~Susan
This looks yummy! I just printed it out. It will definitely go in my “to try” pile
Hi Lynn,
I couldn’t find the Pillsbury muffin book you recommended, but found another “best of the bake-offs” book of theirs so placed an order for that. I can’t wait to try some more Pillsbury recipes. Thanks for pointing us to this resource 
Just wanted you to know I tried this bread yesterday. It was yummy. Love those chocolate chips
Just made this today and my family loved it!! Thanks!!
By the way, did you know they sell powdered buttermilk? I love it – it is nice to use when you find a new recipe and you don’t want to run to the store for one ingredient. Just thought I’d pass that along in case you didn’t know.
Blessings,
Leigh Ann
Yes, they do sell powdered buttermilk. I got mine at Wal-Mart in the baking aisle….you really have to look for it though!!! It comes in a short canister.
This was fabulous! I made it yesterday for the first time and it sure won’t be the last! I found your post about using it for muffins and I will definitely be trying it that way too. I love all the ideas I find on your blog. Thank you! I also posted this recipe on my blog today and linked it back to you here. It’s too good not to share!
Cathy ♥
Oh my goodness. I’ve got to try this bread. This looks WONDERFUL!
Think I could get away with this for breakfast? Hmm. The family would love it, but the sugar crash would probably kill us.
I made this on Sunday and my nephews ate it up like candy!! Today, I made it again but I ran out of chocolate chips, so I used butterscotch chips instead. It’s in the oven baking.
ANYTHING home made is better than store bought in my opinion. Since I’m a chocoholic, I’m going to have to try this out! Looks YUMMY! Thanks for sharing!
I made this yesterday but made it into four (3″x6″) loaves instead of one big one. It is really good! Love it! TFS
Donna
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