Glazed Chocolate Mini Loaves

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips, melted
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups applesauce
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
• 5 teaspoons water
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f grease five (5 1/2 x 3-inch) mini loaf pans or aluminum foil pans.
• 2 for bread:
• 3 combine brown sugar and 1/2 cup butter in large mixer bowl. beat at medium speed until creamy, scraping bowl often. add 1 cup melted morsels, eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; continue beating until well mixed. reduce speed to low. add flour, applesauce, baking powder and baking soda; beat until well mixed. stir in 1/2 cup chocolate morsels by hand. spoon batter into prepared pans.
• 4 bake for 35 to 42 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. (do not remove if using aluminum foil pans.).
• 5 for glaze:
• 6 combine 1/2 cup morsels, 1 tablespoon butter and water in 2-quart saucepan. cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. remove from heat. stir in powdered sugar and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract. drizzle over each loaf. cool completely.
• 7 variation:
• 8 glazed chocolate mint mini loaves: omit 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in bread and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract in glaze. add 1/2 teaspoon mint extract to bread and 1/4 teaspoon mint extract to glaze.