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You just have to try this Peanut Butter Chocolate Banana Bread.
As my daughter loves to try different flavor combinations with banana bread, she took our family’s favoriteBanana Bread recipe and substituted peanut butter for half of the butter requirement. To be honest, the real reason she made the substitution is because she loves peanut butter! To top it off, chocolate chips were also added. What could be a better flavor combination than bananas, peanut butter, and chocolate banana bread?
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe:
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Course:Bread
Cuisine:American
Keyword:Peanut Butter Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe
Servings: 2 loaves
Author: What's Cooking America
Ingredients
- 1/2cupbutter,room temperature
- 3/4cuppeanut butter(your choice of creamy or crunchy)
- 2cups granulatedsugar
- 4eggs
- 4cups all-purposeflour
- 2teaspoonsbaking powder
- 2teaspoonsbaking soda
- 1/4teaspoonsalt
- 6very ripebananas,mashed (preferably overripe)*
- 1 1/2cups semi-sweetchocolatechips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two (2) 9x5-inch loaf pans.
In a large bowl, cream butter, peanut butter, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; stir until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in bananas.
Reserve 1/4 cup chocolate chips; set aside.
Gently fold the remaining chocolate chips into the banana bread batter. Pour the batter into the prepared bread pans filling about 3/4 full (as bread will rise during baking). Sprinkle the top of the loaves with the reserved 1/4 cup chocolate chips (this add a nice look to the finished loaves).
NOTE: Bake all quick breads as soon as the ingredients are assembled. Since high temperatures are often called for, it is best to bake them in the center of the oven, as the heat in the top third of the oven will be too intense.
Bake 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. NOTE: Be sure and poke the toothpick to the center of the loaf. A good check is to use an instantdigital thermometerto test your bread. Theinternal temperatureof the bread should be at 200 degrees F. when done.
Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely before slicing.
Storage: Breads that contain fruit, nuts, or butter may be stored for 2 or 3 days, well wrapped in plastic wrap or aluminum foil. May be frozen for longer storage. After thawing frozen breads, reheat them in a 400 degree F. oven for a few minutes before serving.
Makes 2 loaves.
Recipe Notes
* To ripen bananas, allow green or yellow bananas to ripen at room temperature until the skin is covered with brown spots.
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