1935 Chocolate Bread

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 teaspoon shortening, melted
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 package dry yeast
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour, divided
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• + 4 more ingredients
• • Vegetable oil
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • ½ cup warm milk (105° to 115°)
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Dissolve yeast in warm milk; let stand 5 minutes. Sift together 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, cocoa, and salt; set aside. Combine dissolved yeast, egg, shortening, pecans, and vanilla; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture to make a soft dough. Turn dough out onto a surface sprinkled with remaining 1/...

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