American Baker in Germany

 This is a sweet, cake-like quick bread. It's great for a chocolate fix. Chocolate Bread: 1 1/4 cup (175g) flour 1/2 cup (40g) cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar 1/4 cup (50g) sugar 1/2 cup (115g) melted butter 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tbsp vanilla sugar 2 eggs 3/4 cup (180mL) buttermilk 3/4 cup (100g) chocolate chips  Combine dry ingredients with a whisk.  Stir in melted butter, vanilla, eggs and buttermilk.  Fold in chocolate chips.  Pour batter into a greased bread pan.  Bake at 350°F or 180°C for 40-45 minutes. Allow to cool. This chocolate bread is soft and cake-like. It's absolutely delicious. Watch us make this chocolate bread on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/__ulqLmX5mQ Schaut zu wie ich dieses Schokobrot auf meinem YouTube Kanal mache hier: https://youtu.be/IPcWEsrZlvM

 I wanted to make a sweet bread recipe and I found this generic recipe for sweet bread. So, let's try it. Sweet Bread: 2 cups (400g) sugar 4 cups (500g) flour 2 tbsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 2 eggs 2 cups (450mL) milk 2/3 cup (150mL) oil  Grease 2 loaf pans. Preheat oven to 350°F or 180°C.  In a large mixing bowl, whisk dry ingredients together.  Add eggs, milk and oil with a whisk.  Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.  Bake about 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.  This is a very simple sweet bread. You can add small fruit like blueberries, raspberries or strawberries, or nuts or chocolate chips. Watch me make this simple sweet bread on my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/snkQgJY5Fkw Schaut zu wie ich dieses einfache Süßbrot auf meinem YouTube Kanal mache hier: https://youtu.be/aP0B28sYKcI

 Our bread recipe this month is for a braided loaf. Braided loaf is slightly buttery white bread with a hint of sweetness on top. Melt in your mouth delicious. Braided Loaf: 1 cup (250mL) warm milk (about body temperature) 1/2 cube (20g) live yeast (or 1 1/2 tsp dry yeast) 1/3 cup (75g) sugar 1 egg 1 1/2 tsp sea salt (or 1 tsp table salt) 4 cups (500g) white flour 1/4 cup (60g) butter 2 tbsp coarse sugar Add the warm milk to a mixing bowl. Crumble in the yeast and add the sugar. Stir with a spoon until smooth. Beat the egg and add half of it to the bowl. Keep the other half in the fridge until needed. Combine the salt with the flour. Add the flour to the milk mixture. Stir with a spoon until you can't anymore. Then turn it out on a clean surface and knead until the dough becomes smooth. Add the butter one tablespoon at a time and knead it into the dough. Get the dough to bread dough consistency after each addition. It can take some kneading before the butter incorporates. After all...