Chocolate Bread Recipe 2 1oz squares unsweetened chocolate 1 cup hot water 1 cup chopped dates 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp vanilla 1 egg 1/4 cup shortning - margarine 1 cup sugar 1/2 chopped nuts 1/2 tsp salt 2 cups flour melt chocolate in water over low heat add the dates to that add the nuts and the soda mix all that up, then cool it in separate bowl cream shortning, sugar, eggs, salt, vanilla add flour to that. Then alternate flour with chocolate mixture. Beat well. Loaf pan. Grease and flour pan. Bake at 350 for 65 minutes (depending on pan, test starting after about 50 minutes)