Chocolate Tea Bread

🧂 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1/3 cup salted butter

  softened (5 2/3 tablespoons)
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup half-and-half
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 3/4 tsp. sea salt
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 12 oz. pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup walnuts

  chopped (measure after chopping)
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp. half-and-half
• 1/4 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• pinch sea salt
• 1 tbsp. cocoa

Instructions

• 1 In a medium mixing bowl, combine applesauce, butter, eggs, half-and-half and
  granulated sugar.
• 2 Mix and beat with an electric mixer for 30 seconds.
• 3 In a separate mixing bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking
  powder.
• 4 Add dry ingredients to applesauce mixture.
• 5 Beat on low speed of electric mixer for 30 seconds, then on high speed for 2 ½
  minutes.
• 6 Scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula occasionally.
• 7 Reserve one-half cup chocolate chips and set aside.
• 8 Fold in remaining chocolate chips and walnuts.
• 9 Pour batter into four well-greased and floured miniature loaf pans or one
  greased and floured 9×5” loaf pan.
• 10 Sprinkle about 2 tablespoons chocolate chips evenly over top of each miniature
  loaf pan.
• 11 Bake miniature pans approximately 45-50 minutes at 350° or loaf pan for 60-70
  minutes at 350°.
• 12 A bamboo skewer or knife inserted in the center should come out clean when bread
  is fully baked.
• 13 Cool in pan(s) 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. 
• 14 Combine glaze ingredients with a whisk.
• 15 Drizzle icing over each miniature bread loaf. 
• 16 Allow icing to set before cutting Tea Bread into slices.

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