Chocolate Banana Stick Bread Rolls

1. 1

   Mash the banana with a fork to turn it into a puree.

2. 2

   Put the bread and cake flours, yeast, granulated sugar and salt (put the salt in away from the yeast) in a bowl.

3. 3

   Put in the mashed banana,and add the lukewarm water aiming for where the yeast is.

4. 4

   Mix everything together, then knead in the butter.

5. 5

   Knead until the dough is smooth, about 15 minutes.

6. 6

   Spread the dough out and scatter evenly with the chocolate chips.

7. 7

   Wrap the dough around the chips, and knead to evenly distribute the chips in the dough.

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   When the dough is kneaded, round it off so that the surface is smooth, pulling it towards the bottom.

9. 9

   Put the ball of dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap or a tightly wrung out moistened kitchen towel, and use your oven's bread-rising setting to let the dough rise (1st rising) for 40 to 60 minutes.

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    When the dough has doubled in size, and a hole made with a finger poked in it remains, it has completed rising.

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    Take the dough out and punch it down lightly to deflate.

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    Round it off again, cover with plastic wrap or a tightly wrung out moistened kitchen towel and leave to rest for 10 minutes.

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    Roll out into a 25cm x 15cm rectangle, and place with the long side nearest you.

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    Cut vertically into 10 pieces.

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    Put the stick shaped dough pieces on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

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    Cover with a piece of plastic wrap or tightly wrung out moistened kitchen towel, and leave to rise (2nd rising) for 20 to 30 minutes.

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    Preheat the oven to 180C after the bread has risen.

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    Bake the rolls for 10 to 12 minutes at 180C

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    Done.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.