Peanut Butter Banana Bread – My Baking Habit

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

We like peanut butter round right here. Whether or not it’s the vintage PB&J aggregate in my peanut butter and jelly bars or combined with chocolate in peanut butter cup cookies or peanut butter cup brownies, my circle of relatives loves all of it.

We’ve been on a large banana bread kick in recent years, 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 wolfed in an instant.

Wealthy and flavorful peanut butter banana bread

I’ve a rule in terms of the recipes I proportion: If I’m going to say an aspect within the recipe name, you wish to have in an effort to style that aspect within the ultimate dish.

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

So if I used to be going to make peanut butter banana bread, I sought after to make sure to may style the peanut butter in each and every chew of the bread. 

I’ve spotted that numerous peanut butter banana bread recipes use simply ½ cup of peanut butter within the batter, however that wasn’t moderately sufficient for me. It gave a touch of peanut butter, however I sought after a bolder peanut butter taste.

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

Plus, the peanut butter provides a bit further protein to each and 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 truly filling snack!

For extra PB and banana goodness, check out peanut butter and chocolate banana desserts or peanut butter banana chocolate chip granola bars.

How one can make peanut butter banana bread

This recipe is in keeping with my oatmeal banana bread, so it’s simple to make and you’ll be able to get it within the oven in a question of only some mins.

Elements you’ll want

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

• 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 evenly packed gentle brown sugar
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2 huge eggs
• 2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½  teaspoon baking soda
• ¾ teaspoon kosher salt

I favor the usage of creamy peanut butter for this bread, however you have to use crunchy peanut butter if you need some added crunch within the banana bread. I might nonetheless suggest the usage of creamy peanut butter for the swirl at the height of the loaf, despite the fact that.

For those who run out of brown sugar, don’t panic. You’ll be able to make a easy brown sugar exchange to make use of on this recipe as a substitute. 

And in case your brown sugar hardened within the pantry, take a look at my pointers for melt brown sugar and save your self a go back and forth to the grocer. 

Making this bread

To make this peanut butter banana bread, get started by means of blending the mashed bananas with the peanut butter, sugars, oil, eggs, and vanilla with a mixer till smartly blended. 

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

Stir the dry components into the banana aggregate till simply blended 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 truly thick, microwave it for a couple of seconds to loosen it up – 10-15 seconds must 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 mins, or till a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out blank. Take a look at the bread across the 60-minute mark; if the highest is deeply golden, tent the highest loosely with foil to stop it from getting too darkish.

Let the peanut butter banana bread cool within the pan for approximately 10 mins sooner than doing away with it to a cord rack to complete cooling.

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