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This may not look like The Cheesecake Factory bread you receive while you’re waiting for your dinner, but it is, more or less. What’s the difference you ask? I didn’t add caramel coloring or instant coffee, but I promise you will still love it. If you want the dark color you can add 2 tsp instant coffee and 1 Tbsp powdered caramel color. Honestly, I have no idea where one would get caramel color, but obviously you can.

This bread is also known as Canadian Brown Bread, or Honey Wheat Black Bread, but everyone knows what you’re talking about when you say the Cheesecake Factory Bread, so enjoy!

Copycat Cheesecake Factory Bread
Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups warm water {*100-110 degrees}
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 cups Unbleached Bread Flour
• 1-2/3 cups White Whole Wheat Flour
• 1 Tbsp cocoa
• 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 1-1/2 tsp salt
• 2-1/4 tsp instant yeast
• 1 egg + 1 Tbsp, for egg wash
• Oats for sprinkling

*If the water is too hot it will kill the yeast

Instructions

1. In a medium sized bowl, or the bowl of your electric mixer, combine all of the ingredients
2. Stir the mixture together, using your hands, or your mixer, until the dough forms a ball that begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl
3. Knead or mix for about 10 minutes, until it becomes smooth
4. Transfer to a lightly oiled bowl. Cover the bowl and allow the dough to rise until double its size; at least an hour
5. Grease two medium-sized bread pans and divide the dough between the two. Cover and let the loaves rise another hour
6. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
7. Prepare egg wash, brush on top of the loaves and sprinkle with oats
8. Bake the bread for 20-25 minutes
9. Cool on a wire rack