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peanut butter banana bread

Recipe by
Cathy Reeher
Beaver, PA

This is a dense, heavy and moist loaf with a fine crumb. It says the chocolate and peanut butter chips are optional but we all know they really aren't!

yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 1 Hr 10 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For peanut butter banana bread

  • 3 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1 tsp
    ground cinnamon
  • 4
    small, very ripe, bananas
  • 3/4 c
    smooth peanut butter
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    pure vanilla
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp
    milk
  • 3/4 c
    butter(softened)
  • 1 1/2 c
    white sugar
  • 3
    eggs(large)
  • 1 c
    semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
  • 1/2 c
    peanut butter chips (optional)

How To Make peanut butter banana bread

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Very generously grease 2 8"X4" loaf pans with Crisco (I use butter flavored).
  • 2
    Stir together first 5 ingredients in a small bowl. Set Aside.
  • 3
    Place next 4 ingredients in another bowl. Set aside.
  • 4
    In a large bowl, with a mixer, cream butter and sugar together for at least 3 minutes until light and fluffy (the yellow color should be much lighter when done). Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down the bowl after each one.
  • 5
    Using the mixer, blend the banana bowl ingredients and clean off the beaters, you are done with the mixer.
  • 6
    Stir the banana mixture into the butter mixture with a wooden spoon or use my favorite, a silicone spoonula!
  • 7
    Sift all the flour mixture into the big bowl and stir just until blended.
  • 8
    Fold in all the chips and put batter equally into the prepared loaf pans.
  • 9
    Bake approx. 70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
  • 10
    Cool on a rack, in the pan, for 10 minutes before removing from pan to cool completely (a couple of hours at least) before slicing.
  • 11
    Don't forget to share!

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