1 1/4 c Milk
1/3 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tb Instant expresso or coffee
4 tb Unsalted butter
1/4 c Honey, PLUS 2 tablespoons
2 ts Active dry yeast
3 c Bread flour
1 1/2 ts Salt
1 Whole egg
1 Egg YOLK
1/3 c Walnuts or hazelnuts,chopped
Scald the milk; remove from the heat. Add the cocoa and instant coffee and
stir until dissolved. Stir in the butter and honey. The mixture should be
close to room temperature; if not, let it cool until it is.
Add cocoa mixture and all remaining ingredients except the nuts in the
order suggested by your abm manual and process on the basic bread cycle
according to the manufacturer’s direction.
At the beeper (or a few minutes before the end of the first kneading
cycle), add the coconut.
Yields
1 Lge loaf