My favourite banana bread recipe meets its perfect pair - peanut butter! A moist and nutty breakfast loaf.
Course
Breakfast
Cuisine
American
Keyword
baking, banana bread, loaf, peanut butter
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time1hour
Total Time1hour15minutes
Authorbreakfast for dinner
Ingredients
½cupbutter, softened
½cupdark brown sugar
2eggs
1teaspoonvanilla extract
3ripe bananas, mashed
3/4cupnatural peanut buttercrunchy or smooth
1and ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
1teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspooncinnamon
approx 1/4 cup chopped peanuts, to garnish
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F and grease a loaf pan.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add in the eggs and beat until combined. Stir in vanilla, mashed bananas and peanut butter.
In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
Pour batter into a greased loaf pan and sprinkle chopped peanuts on top to garnish.
Bake loaf for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Let bread cool in the pan for approx 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack and cool completely.