Best Peanut Butter Banana Bread Recipes

BANANA PEANUT BUTTER BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 5x9 inch loaf pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs; beat well. Stir in peanut butter, bananas, flour and baking soda until blended. Fold in walnuts. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

SIMPLE PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 4x8-inch loaf pan.
• Beat peanut butter and shortening in a bowl. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Beat one egg into peanut butter mixture until completely blended before beating in the second egg. Stir in mashed banana.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• Stir mashed bananas, peanut butter, brown sugar, yogurt, egg, and canola oil thoroughly in a separate bowl.
• Stir the banana mixture into the dry ingredients until thoroughly combined; stir in chocolate chips.
• Spoon batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the loaf is lightly browned at the edges and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.
• Cool the bread in the pan on a rack for 15 minutes before removing bread to finish cooling on rack. Slice when cool.

PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or non-stick pans). Grease bottoms only of 2 (8x4-inch) loaf pans with shortening.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave peanut butter and butter uncovered on High 30 to 45 seconds or until butter is melted. Stir until mixture is smooth.
• In large bowl, beat sugar and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed 1 minute or until blended. On low speed, add peanut butter mixture; beat well. In another bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream to peanut butter mixture, beating on low speed until blended. Stir in bananas, chocolate chips and vanilla until blended. Divide batter between pans.
• Bake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 2 hours.

PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• For the bread: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl.
• Beat together the peanut butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium-high speed in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla, then fold in the mashed banana. Add the flour mixture, and beat on medium-low until just combined (it's OK if there are some lumps).
• Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan, and bake until the bread is golden brown and has split at the top and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes. Run a knife around the edges, and let cool completely in the pan on a rack. (You can tent the bread with foil if it begins to brown too quickly.)
• For the glaze: When the bread has cooled, combine the peanut butter, butter and confectioners' sugar in a medium microwave-safe bowl, and microwave in 30-second increments, stirring after each, until smooth. Let the glaze sit until it has stiffened up a bit but is still spreadable. Spread over the top of the bread, and sprinkle the peanuts on top. Let sit for 10 minutes to set up before slicing. The bread can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

BANANA BREAD FRENCH TOAST WITH PEANUT BUTTER MOUSSE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
• Whisk together the cream, milk, nutmeg and eggs in a bowl. Working in batches, soak the banana bread slices in the mixture.
• Heat a skillet or griddle over medium heat with a bit of the butter. Cook a batch of the banana bread slices until browned, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to the oven to keep warm. Cook the remaining slices, adding more butter as needed.
• Cut the bananas into oblique slices, place on a baking sheet and coat with the sugar. Brulee them with a kitchen torch or under a broiler (or leave raw if you do not have a torch or broiler).
• Arrange the French toast on plates, top with a quenelle (oval-shaped scoop) of the Peanut Butter Mousse, spread the bruleed bananas about, grate chocolate over the top of it all and serve with a side of the warm Cinnamon Maple Syrup.
• Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8-by-4-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray and line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.
• In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream the sugar and butter until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl between additions.
• Combine the banana, buttermilk and vanilla in a bowl. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cloves in a second bowl. Add half of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and paddle just to combine. Scrape down the sides and then add the buttermilk and banana mixture. Scrape down again, and add the remaining flour until just combined uniformly.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake on the center rack until a toothpick inserted in the loaf comes out clean, 50 minutes to an hour, depending on your oven. Let cool for about 10 minutes, then remove from the pan to cool completely.
• Whisk the cream to medium peaks and set aside.
• In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together the cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar, salt and vanilla, scraping down the sides of the bowl halfway, until the mixture is uniform, about 5 minutes. Fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture, a third at a time. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Blacken the cinnamon a bit on a gas burner.
• Put the maple syrup in a pan and heat until warm. Remove from the heat, add the blackened cinnamon sticks and let steep in the syrup for 20 minutes.

PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda; add to creamed mixture. , Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf ban. Bake at 350° for 70-75 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

BREAD MACHINE PEANUT BUTTER & BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Add all ingredients into pan in the order listed.
• Select white bread setting and press "Start".

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• For the banana bread: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray.
• Combine the cake mix, oil, mashed bananas, eggs and 1/2 cup water in a large bowl and mix with a hand mixer or whisk until well blended, about 2 minutes. Fold in the peanut butter chips. Evenly divide the batter between the 2 prepared loaf pans.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove and let cool on a cooling rack.
• For the peanut butter glaze: Combine the confectioners' sugar, peanut butter and 3 tablespoons of the warm milk in a bowl and whisk until smooth. It should be about as thick as pancake batter; if it's too thick, just add a little more milk.
• Pour some of the glaze over each loaf and let set for about 10 minutes. Slice and serve.

REESE'S™ PEANUT BUTTER CUP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark pan). Grease and flour bottom only of 9x5-inch loaf pan. In large bowl with electric mixer, beat sugar and butter on medium speed until creamy.
• Add eggs, milk, vanilla and bananas. Beat about 30 seconds or until well blended. Add all remaining ingredients except candy. Mix just until moistened. Reserve 2 tablespoons cut up candy. With spoon, fold in remaining candy. Pour into pan.
• Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Finely chop the reserved 2 tablespoons candy; sprinkle on warm bread. Cool completely, about 2 hours.

WHOLE WHEAT PEANUT BUTTER-BANANA BREAD WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Coat standard loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl.
• Whisk together mashed bananas, peanut butter, yogurt, egg, and oil.
• Stir banana mixture into flour mixture until combined.
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Scrape batter into loaf pan.
• Bake 40-50 minutes, or until toothpick comes out with few moist crumbs.
• Cool in pan on rack 15 minutes.
• Unmold then cool completely before slicing.

PEANUT BUTTER STREUSEL-TOPPED CREAM CHEESE BANANA-NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and grease and flour 2 8x4 inch loaf pans.
• Make bread batter by beating butter and cream cheese at medium speed with electric mixer until creamy.
• Add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, beating until just blended.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in another bowl. Gradually add this to butter mixture, stirring just until blended.
• Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla. Pour batter into pans.
• Make streusel by combining the flour and brown sugar in a small bowl. Cut in the butter and peanut butter with a pastry blender or fork until the mixture resembles small peas.
• Sprinkle the mixture over the batter, and bake for 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. If necessary, shield the top with foil for last 15 minutes to prevent browning.
• Cool bread in pans for 10 minutes, remove from pan, and allow to cool on a wire rack for another 30 minutes.

REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line loaf pan with foil (makes clean up much easier).
• In a bowl combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
• In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.
• Stir in eggs, vanilla, and mashed bananas until well blended.
• Stir chips into wet mixture.
• Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir by hand until it is mostly mixed. (This is important. Do not over-mix, or it will be dry and rubbery! It's ok to see flour spots here and there in the batter.).
• Pour batter into loaf pan. Bake in oven for about 45 minutes (I only have one loaf pan so cooking time might vary if cooking two loaves at once).
• Let bread cool for about 10 minutes, then remove from pan and let cool on wire rack.

PEANUT BUTTER-CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl stir together flour, sugars, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
• In another bowl combine mashed bananas, milk, peanut butter, vanilla and egg. Add to flour mixture, stirring until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into two greased loaf pans.
• Bake at 350 F for 50 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

CHOCOLATY PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Grease the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of two loaf pans; set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl stir together the eggs, bananas, sugar, peanut butter, and milk.
• Stir in the flour just until moistened (batter should be lumpy).
• Fold in chocolate pieces and peanuts or pecans.
• Spoon batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake in a 350°F oven about 45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove loaves from pans.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.
• Wrap and store overnight for easier slicing.
• **If you do not have self-rising flour, substitute with 2 cups all-purpose flour plus 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoons baking soda.

BANANA BREAD PUDDING WITH PEANUT BUTTER DRIZZLE

Steps:

• In large bowl, beat eggs, egg yolk, granulated sugar, 1 1/2 cups milk, the whipping cream, vanilla and cinnamon with whisk. Stir in 3 cups of the banana bread cubes. Let stand 20 minutes.
• Heat oven to 325°F. Grease 8-inch square (2-quart) glass baking dish with shortening or cooking spray. Pour banana bread mixture into baking dish. Top with remaining 1 cup banana bread cubes; sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar.
• Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until puffed and golden (center will not be completely set). Cool 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix peanut butter, 1 tablespoon milk and the powdered sugar. Drizzle over hot bread pudding. Serve immediately.

PEANUT BUTTER-BROWNIE MIX BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, stir brownie mix, oil, water and eggs. Mash bananas with fork until smooth. Stir into brownie mixture. Pour half of the mixture into pan. Spoon half of the peanut butter over top; run knife through it to swirl peanut butter into brownie batter. Top with remaining batter, and repeat with the remaining peanut butter.
• Bake about 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes before removing from pan to serve.

WHOLE WHEAT PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Beat bananas, honey, oil, eggs, peanut butter, and vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth.
• Combine pastry flour, bread flour, wheat germ, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl; make a well in the flour mixture. Pour banana mixture into well and stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients until batter is just moistened. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Cream brown sugar and butter until fluffy.
• Add egg, bananas, peanut butter, and buttermilk.
• Gradually add flour and baking soda to the creamed mixture.
• Pour batter into greased pan.
• Bake for 1 hour, or until it tests done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.

BANANA PEANUT BUTTER & APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
• In a mixer, cream peanut butter and sugars, and beat in eggs.
• Add sour cream, bananas and vanilla; and mix with a large spoon until blended.
• In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon. NOTE: Add an extra 3 tablespoons flour in high altitude areas.
• Gradually stir in to peanut butter mixture.
• Gently stir in apples.
• Spoon into greased bundt pan (or use a loaf pan).
• Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes.