Peanut Butter Banana Bread – My Baking Dependancy

Wealthy, creamy peanut butter pairs with candy bananas for a loaf of peanut butter banana bread that each children and adults will love. 

We love peanut butter round right here. Whether or not it’s the basic PB&J mixture in my peanut butter and jelly bars or combined with chocolate in peanut butter cup cookies or peanut butter cup brownies, my household loves all of it.

We’ve been on a giant banana bread kick these days, so it simply made sense to mix our love for peanut butter with our banana bread obsession. The result’s a peanut butter banana bread that all of us devoured instantly.

Wealthy and flavorful peanut butter banana bread

I’ve a rule relating to the recipes I share: If I’m going to say an ingredient within the recipe title, you want to have the ability to style that ingredient within the remaining dish.

I simply suppose that’s what I owe to you guys, okay?

So if I used to be going to make peanut butter banana bread, I wished to be sure you may style the peanut butter in each chew of the bread. 

I’ve seen that quite a lot of peanut butter banana bread recipes use simply ½ cup of peanut butter within the batter, however that wasn’t fairly sufficient for me. It gave a touch of peanut butter, however I wished a bolder peanut butter taste.

My model makes use of ¾ cup of peanut butter within the batter, with one other 2 tablespoons swirled into the highest of the bread. It provides this bread a wealthy taste that pairs completely with the candy bananas.

Plus, the peanut butter provides just a little additional protein to every slice, making it a extra filling after-school snack than Dominique Ansel’s banana bread. Pair it with a chunky monkey smoothie or a banana, peanut butter, and date smoothie for a very filling snack!

For extra PB and banana goodness, strive peanut butter and chocolate banana muffins or peanut butter banana chocolate chip granola bars.

The right way to make peanut butter banana bread

This recipe is predicated on my oatmeal banana bread, so it’s straightforward to make and you may get it within the oven in a matter of just some minutes.

Substances you’ll want

To make my peanut butter banana bread, you’ll need:

• 1 ½ cups mashed ripe bananas (from about 3 bananas)
• 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter, plus 2 tablespoons for the highest
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup flippantly packed gentle brown sugar
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2 massive eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½  teaspoon baking soda
• ¾ teaspoon kosher salt

I choose utilizing creamy peanut butter for this bread, however you possibly can use crunchy peanut butter if you need some added crunch within the banana bread. I might nonetheless advocate utilizing creamy peanut butter for the swirl on the highest of the loaf, although.

In the event you run out of brown sugar, don’t panic. You can also make a easy brown sugar substitute to make use of on this recipe as an alternative. 

And in case your brown sugar hardened within the pantry, try my ideas for find out how to soften brown sugar and save your self a visit to the grocery retailer. 

Making this bread

To make this peanut butter banana bread, begin by mixing the mashed bananas with the peanut butter, sugars, oil, eggs, and vanilla with a mixer till properly mixed. 

In a separate bowl, whisk collectively the dry components: flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Stir the dry components into the banana combination till simply mixed and pour the batter right into a parchment-lined 9×5-inch loaf pan. 

Now it’s time so as to add the peanut butter swirl to the highest of the bread. In case your peanut butter is de facto thick, microwave it for a couple of seconds to loosen it up – 10-15 seconds ought to do the trick.

Drizzle the two tablespoons of peanut butter excessive of the batter and use a skewer or chopstick to swirl it into the highest of the bread.

Bake the bread at 350°F for 70-75 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clear. Test the bread across the 60-minute mark; if the highest is deeply golden, tent the highest loosely with foil to forestall it from getting too darkish.

Let the peanut butter banana bread cool within the pan for about 10 minutes earlier than eradicating it to a wire rack to complete cooling.

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