First, preheat the oven and grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan with butter or shortening. Then, stir the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium basin and leave it aside for a few minutes.
In a large bowl, combine the melted butter, peanut butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla essence, and mashed bananas. Add the dry ingredients to the wet components and whisk just until incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few wet crumbs. Allow the loaf to cool for a few minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to thoroughly cool.
What Is Quick Bread?
Quick breads are bread recipes containing leavening substances other than yeast and eggs. The fundamental ingredients for fast bread are flour, liquid, salt, and a leavening agent such as baking powder and/or baking soda.
Many quick bread recipes also involve eggs, although not as the primary leavening agent. If you like baking and eating fast bread, try banana nut bread, strawberry bread, carrot bread, and lemon blueberry bread.
Recipe Tips
For optimal results, use truly overripe bananas. This is a terrific dish for bananas you have frozen. Let them thaw in the fridge overnight.
Creamy (not all-natural) peanut butter works best in this recipe.
Do not overmix the dough. Mix just until the ingredients are mixed to avoid tough bread.
If placing chocolate chips on top before baking, use parchment paper overhang in the loaf pan for easier removal.
If the top of the bread browns too soon, loosely cover with aluminum foil.
Store covered in plastic wrap or a ziplock bag on the counter for up to 4 days.
Recipe Variations
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 3/4 cup chocolate morsels
- 3/4 cup peanut butter morsels
- 1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts
Can Peanut Butter Banana Bread Be Frozen?
The bread must be totally cooled before packaging and freezing to prevent condensation. Wrap the loaf in plastic wrap and store it in a freezer bag, expelling as much air as possible. Freeze for up to 3 months.
To thaw, remove from the freezer bag and let it rest on the counter for several hours or overnight.
Peanut Butter Banana Bread Recipe
Peanut Butter Banana Bread is a wonderfully easy quick bread that your family will love. For more variety flavor, add walnuts, pecans, or chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 big eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 medium overripe bananas, mashed
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan with butter or shortening.
- Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium basin.
- In a large bowl, add melted butter, peanut butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla essence, and mashed bananas.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ones and whisk just until incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45–50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean or with moist crumbs.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then invert onto a wire rack to cool fully.
Notes
- Overripe bananas offer the best flavor and wetness.
- Avoid using all-natural peanut butter.
- Do not overmix the batter.
- Use parchment for simple pan removal.
- Cover the bread if it browns too rapidly.
- Store at room temperature for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Nutrition Info (Per Serving)
- Calories: 363 kcal
- Carbohydrates: 41 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Cholesterol: 52 mg
- Sodium: 249 mg
- Fiber: 3 g
- Sugar: 23 g
- Calcium: 26 mg
