1 cup plus 2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups bread flour
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon dry milk
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons bread machine or quick active dry yeast
1/3 cup sliced almonds
Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except almonds in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Add almonds at the Raisin/Nut signal or 5 to 10 minutes before last kneading cycle ends.
Select Sweet or Basic/White cycle. Use Medium or Light crust color. Remove baked bread from pan, and cool on wire rack.
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