CHOCOLATE COFFEE BREAD

Steps:

• Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except chocolate chips, egg, 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules and the granulated sugar in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Add chocolate chips at the Raisin/Nut signal.Select Dough/Manual cycle. Do not use delay cycles.Remove dough from pan, using lightly floured hands. Cover and let rest 10 minutes on lightly floured surface.Grease large cookie sheet. Shape dough into 10x3-inch rectangle on cookie sheet. Cover and let rise in warm place 40 to 50 minutes or until double. (Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.)Heat oven to 400°. Make 5 diagonal slashes, 1/4 inch deep, across top of loaf, using sharp knife. Make 5 additional slashes in opposite direction to make x-shaped cuts. Brush egg over loaf. Mix 1 teaspoon coffee granules and the granulated sugar sprinkle over loaf. Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until loaf is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack cool.1 slice: 155 calories (20 calories from fat) 2g fat (0g saturated) 0mg cholesterol 200mg sodium 31g carbohydrate (1g dietary fiber) 4g protein.SUCCESS TIPIf your bread machine doesn't have a Raisin/Nut signal, add the chips 5 to 10 minutes before the last kneading cycle ends. Check your bread machine's use-and-care book to find out how long the last cycle runs.ShapingMake 5 diagonal slashes, ¼-inch deep, across top of loaf. Make 5 additional slashes in opposite direction to make X-shaped cuts.Do-Ahead Note: Cover the shaped dough on the cookie sheet with plastic wrap. Refrigerate from 4 hours up to 24 hours. Before baking, remove plastic wrap, cover with kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place about 2 hours or until double. Then top and bake.From "Betty Crocker's Best Bread Machine Cookbook, The Goodness of Homemade Bread the Easy Way." Text Copyright 1999 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.