Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Peanut Butter Banana Bread



This recipe is from the Penzey's spice catalog and was submitted by Meredith Wittmann. It caught my eye because I love both peanut butter and bananas, and this bread also included some ground flax seed, which are optional but very healthy. I also used chunky natural peanut butter and baked them in smaller loaf pans.  

Ingredients:

3 ripe bananas, mashed
2 eggs
1/3 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup peanut butter- creamy or chunky
3 Tbsp. melted butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup ground flax seed (optional)
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp  Penzey's baking spice (blend of cinnamon, anise, allspice, mace and cardamom), you may substitute heaping 1/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp of allspice, 1/4 tsp mace or less of nutmeg, 1/4 tsp cardamom.
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan or 2 smaller loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray. In a large mixing bowl, combine bananas, eggs, yogurt, peanut butter and melted butter. Beat at medium speed until well blended. Add the sugars and beat well. Add the flax seed; sift the baking soda, spices and flour together and add gradually, mixing until well blended. Pour into loaf pan(s) and bake for 65-75 minutes for the single pan or approximately 35-45 minutes if using the smaller pans. (Watch the smaller pans closely as  the size of smaller pans can vary and should be checked after about 25-30 minutes until a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let cool on wire rack in the pan(s) for 30 minutes before removing. Dust with powdered sugar or make a simple confectioner's sugar/milk glaze and drizzle over top after the loaf(s) has cooled.





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6 comments:

  1. We are big fans of banana bread here. Haven't tried it with peanut butter though. This sounds like a very delightful way to enjoy it!

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  2. oh I need to try banana bread with peanut butter. Great idea!

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  3. What a good combination of banana and peanut butter. Must taste delicious! Thank you for sharing the recipe. :)

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  4. This is such a fun twist on the regular banana bread - that glaze on top really takes it over the top, making it perfect for breakfast :D
    Wonderful blog and thanks for this delicious post!

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

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  5. OMG yes please! I go to Penzey's whenever I visit my parents but haven't bought the baking spice before. Now it's on my ever growing list of what I need to pick up there on my next trip!

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