Love CF's brown bread and I found a recipe before and tried it but I didn't really like the result plus it used food color. I found another one that worked better. This is based on rae gun rambling's recipe (http://raegunwear.blogspot.de/2012/04/knock-off-cheesecake-factory-bread.html?m=1).
I altered the measurements a bit and tweaked some of the procedure, based on my own baking experience. Sooo yummy, especially when eaten warm and with butta!
Ingredients
3/4 cup warm coffee, temp between 100-110 deg F
1-1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1/2 tbs sugar
1/2 tbs cocoa
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tbs oil
1/4 cup molasses
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
Egg wash
Oats for topping
Directions
1. Dissolve the yeast in the warm coffee. Add the sugar and let stand for 10 min.
2. Add the cocoa, salt, oil, and molasses to the yeast mixture.
3. Add half the flours and using the hook attachment, start kneading. Add the rest of the flour while kneading (speed #4 on mixer) until the dough comes off the side of the bowl. Add more flour as needed.
4. Transfer the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover. Let stand to rise until doubled (about 1-2 hours). 5. If weather is cold, place inside the oven to keep warm.
6. Once risen, divide the dough into 4 and shape into rolls. Brush with the egg wash and sprinkle oats on top.
7. Let stand to rise about 30 min to 1 hour.
8. Place inside the oven and set the temp to 350. Once it reaches the temp, turn on timer to 25 min.
9. After the 25 min, check if done by knocking on the rolls. If it sounds hollow, it is done. If not done, add 5 more min or until done and has nice dark brown color.
10. Let cool on wire rack.
Makes 4 rolls
