Double Chocolate Swirl Bread

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds, chopped
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips, chopped
• 2 (11 ounce) packages french bread dough
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, grated, divided
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• additional chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 for bread, lightly spray mini loaf pan w/ nonstick cooking spray.
• 3 coarsley chop almonds and 1/2 celsius chocolate chips; place in medium bowl; set aside.
• 4 unroll one package of the bread dough on lightly floured surface; do not stretch.
• 5 lightly beat egg and water in a small bowl; brush over dough.
• 6 grate half of the semi-sweet chocolate chips evenly over dough.
• 7 sprinkle w/ almond/ chocolate mixture; roll lightly w/ rolling pin, pressing mixture into the dough.
• 8 unroll remaining package of bread dough directly over first dough layer, matching edges and rolling lightly to seal.
• 9 brush dough lightly w/ a portion of the egg mixture.
• 10 grate remaining chocolate morsels over dough and sprinkle w/ remaining almond/ chocolate mixture; roll lightly w/ rolling pin.
• 11 starting at narrow edge, rol dough up tightly; pinch edges to seal.
• 12 slice roll into four equal portions; place seam side down in loaf pans.
• 13 make a deep cut down the length of each loaf w/out cutting through the ends.
• 14 brush loaves w/ remaining egg whites.
• 15 bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. remove from oven; cool in pan 5 minutes. remove loaves from pan; cool completely.
• 16 to make drizzle, melt 1/2 c chocolate chips and 1 tsp vegetable oil in saucepan and drizzle over tops of bread. sprinkle w/ remaining almonds and chocolate chips.