Chocolate Tea Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1/3 cup melted butter or 1/3 cup oil
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup chopped dates

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cocoa, and sugar.
• 3 in a separate bowl, beat the egg, buttermilk, and melted butter or oil.
• 4 add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir well.
• 5 stir in the nuts, raisins, and dates, batter will be stiff.
• 6 spoon into a greased and floured loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 55 minutes.
• 7 cool briefly in pan, then turn out onto cooling rack to cool completely before slicing.