Glazed Chocolate Mini Loaves

Make your guests feel special. Prepare these individual Glazed Chocolate Mini Loaves for them! Use as a tasteful holiday bread choice. Perfect for all occasions.

Prep: 20 min | Bake: 42 min | Yield: 5 loaves

Ingredients

Loaves

2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened (we recommend Land o Lakes® Butter)
1 cup Nestle® Toll House® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels, melted
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups apple sauce
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda

Glaze

1/1 cup NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels
1 tablespoon butter (we recommend LAND O LAKES® Butter)
5 teaspoons water
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease five (5 1/2 x 3 inch) mini loaf pans or aluminum foil pans.

Loaves

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.
Bake for 35 to 42 minutes or until a wooden pick 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.)

Glaze

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.

Notes

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.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Nestle and meals.com