WALNUT FUDGE BREAD
Ingredients:
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
3 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
1 cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
5 eggs
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
Toast walnuts on a baking sheet for 3 to 5 minutes or until fragrant.
Cool.
Melt chocolate by microwaving on medium for 25-second intervals,
stirring in between, until smooth. Cool.
Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in cooled
chocolate. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. Stir
buttermilk and vanilla extract together. Add flour and buttermilk
alternately to chocolate mixture. Stir in walnuts. Divide batter
between the two prepared pans. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until
knife or wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool
bread in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool on a
wire rack.
Serve warm or toasted with butter.
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