November 6, 2013 - 12:09pm
White Chocolate Apricot Sourdough
I made two experimental doughs yesterday. The winner by a landslide was the White Chocolate Apricot Sourdough.
I really loaded it down with white chocolate chunks and chopped dried apricots. I was afraid it was going to come out too heavy, but it rose quite nicely.
The only fault was that I had the oven too hot for a sweet bread, so the bottoms of the loaves came out a bit blackened.
Still, this one is a huge winner.
I know I've seen someone else use the white chocolate and apricot pairing somewhere, but I can't find it on the site or in any of the baking books I have easy access to (some are in storage), but still... a hat tip to my unknown inspiration. This one is delicious!
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Look who's getting wild and crazy with his baking! Must be that Vancouver air :). Nice to see you expressing yourself with such a nice tasty bread. I have not tried white chocolate in bread before and you have gone and convinced me to add it to the list. Great job Floyd.
Ha! My wife likes it, but I'm normally not a white chocolate fan -- the dark the chocolate, the better, I say -- but this combo is sweet. I absolutely love the way the dried apricots rehydrated a bit in the dough. Man... I think I'm going to go grab another slice right now!
Hi Floyd,
I had to chuckle at your bottom crust shot. I have had my fair share of loaves with similar problems too :0 Luckily I have a neighbor who loves burned bread so none goes to waste.
I can well imagine that this was a big hit. I would never had though of choc and apricots so thanks for the inspiration. It is odd that I keep a YW made from apricots yet I rarely use apricots in my fruited loaves. Not sure why but I tend towards raisins, figs, dates, currants, cherries or prunes. I do add them to Christmas breads but now will expand my horizons thanks to you.
Take Care,
Janet
I've seen white chocolate sourdough posted here numerous times, and it seems to be popular. Yours looks delicious, Floyd! Now with some manipulation you can avoid the burnt bottom. I haven't tried chocolate in bread, but you guys give me reasons to go wild.
-Khalid