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Tonight’s Bible study treat is Chocolate Marble Bread. I’ve made it before. It’s quite good and not very fussy. The original recipe is complicated and has many unnecessary steps, so here it is in it’s simplified form.

Chocolate Marble Bread

4 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate
1/2 cup milk divided
1/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons white sugar (can just overfill the measuring cups and not worry about the 2 extra tablespoons)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt (opt)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and butter a loaf pan.

In a medium bowl, melt chocolate and 1/4 cup milk together. Mix together and set aside. In a small bowl mix together remaining 1/4 cup milk and sour cream.

Cream the butter and sugar together. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Alternating, add flour, baking powder, and salt and the milk and sour cream mixture. Spoon half of the batter into the melted chocolate mixture and mix together.

Alternating spoon in chocolate and white batter mixtures into the buttered loaf pan. Run a chopstick, butter knife, or skewer through the two batters and marble. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.