Chocolate-Cherry Bread

Ingredients

• 45 servings bread 
• 2  loaves bread dough frozen thawed (1 lb. each)
• 2 Tbsp butter melted
• 6 Tbsp butter softened
• 45 servings chocolate butter 
• 0.5 cup cherries dried
• 3 oz jell-o chocolate flavor pudding instant divided
• 0.5 cup planters pecans chopped
• 2 Tbsp powdered sugar 

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven
• wire rack
• plastic wrap

Directions

1. Mix butter and 2 Tbsp. dry pudding mix until blended. Refrigerate until ready to use.
2. Roll out 1 loaf of dough into 14x8-inch rectangle on work surface sprinkled with 1 Tbsp. dry pudding mix; brush with 1 Tbsp. butter.
3. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup each of the remaining dry pudding mix, cherries and nuts; roll up, starting at one long side.
4. Place, seam-side down, on parchment-covered baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and toppings.
5. Cover with plastic wrap.
6. Let rise in warm place 45 min. or until doubled in volume.
7. Heat oven to 350F. Discard plastic wrap from dough.
8. Bake dough 20 to 25 min. or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheet 5 min.; remove to wire rack. Cool completely.
9. Sprinkle Bread with powdered sugar.
10. Serve with Chocolate Butter.