Peanut Butter Banana Bread is one of our favourites! Sweet, light banana bread topped with salty, crunchy peanuts - it is perfect. This is a lighter banana bread, made with some Greek yogurt to reduce the butter needed for a moist, rich loaf. You will love this bread.
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A Story about Banana Bread
My son (8 yo) never stops talking. He has so many ideas, and if you will just listen, he will tell you every one of them. I pushed him out the door to go to school last week.. middle of the front yard, and he is still telling me about the last world he built in Minecraft.
"Bye, Bud, have a good day."
"You have to go now or you will miss the bus."
Minecraft is a bit of an obsession around here. To me, it looks like virtual Legos, but I've been told it is so much more than that (although Legos are still pretty cool).
My heart hurt as I watched him finally turn around and head down the street toward the bus stop. He has so much to say. Do I listen enough? What if I'm missing something really important?
His mind moves so fast. He is so easily distracted - not by flashes of light or shiny things - but by big and complex problems. Like how to win a chess game, making a paper airplane fly better, and figuring out exactly how many times he needs to take out the recycling to earn enough allowance to buy a new LEGO set.
There are so many details. And he keeps them all. Defining and calculating. Organizing and categorizing.
Perhaps I'm guilty of emotionally driven baking.
Yeah, probably. I wanted to make him a special treat. So, peanut butter banana bread was it.
Maybe I just wanted him to sit at the kitchen table and tell me everything about his day while we shared a piece.
How to make Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Butter should be softened when you start.
Preheat oven to 350ยฐF and line a 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper.
Combine wet ingredients: Combine bananas, yogurt, peanut butter, butter and eggs in a large bowl (or in the bowl of a standmixer) and beat at medium speed until well blended.
Beat in sugars. Add sugars and beat until light and creamy. This will take a couple of minutes.
Combine dry ingredients in a small bowl. flour, flaxseed, baking soda, salt and spices. Whisk briefly to combine.
Add flour mixture to banana mixture and stir until just blended.
Add about half the peanuts to the batter.
Bake: Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Sprinkle remaining chopped peanuts on top of the loaf and bake at 350ยฐF for 1 hour and 5 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out of the centre clean.
Cool and serve. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan before transferring to a wire rack to continue cooling.
About the ingredients and substitutions
Peanut butter - I use conventional peanut butter. You can use sweetened or unsweetened; whichever you have on hand will work.
Yogurt - Greek or regular will work. I prefer full-fat or low-fat (but not zero-fat yogurt for this bread.
Flaxseed: I like to add flaxseed for a little extra nutrition and fibre. Flaxseed also adds a slightly nutty flavour, which enhances the peanuts. It's optional. If you don't have any, feel free to leave it out.
Peanuts: add nice crunch
TIP: Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread: substitute ยพ cup of chocolate chips for the peanuts and leave out the allspice. I promise this is the most delicious chocolate chip peanut butter banana bread.
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๐ Recipe
Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1-ยฝ cups mashed ripe bananas about 3 bananas
- โ cup plain yogurt full fat
- โ cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons butter softened
- 2 large eggs
- ยฝ cup white granulated sugar
- ยฝ cup packed brown sugar
- 1-ยฝ cups all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed (optional)
- ยพ teaspoon baking soda
- ยฝ teaspoon salt
- ยฝ teaspoon cinnamon
- โ teaspoon ground allspice
- ยผ cup chopped dry-roasted peanuts divided.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line a 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper.
- Combine bananas, yogurt, peanut butter, butter and eggs in a large bowl (or in the bowl of stand mixer) and beat at medium speed until well blended. Add sugars and beat until light and creamy.1-ยฝ cups mashed ripe bananas, โ cup plain yogurt, โ cup creamy peanut butter, 3 tablespoons butter, 2 large eggs, ยฝ cup white granulated sugar, ยฝ cup packed brown sugar
- In a small bowl combine flour, flaxseed, baking soda, salt and spices. Whisk briefly to combine.1-ยฝ cups all purpose flour, 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed, ยพ teaspoon baking soda, ยฝ teaspoon salt, ยฝ teaspoon cinnamon, โ teaspoon ground allspice
- Add flour mixture to banana mixture and stir until just blended. Add two tablespoons of the peanuts to the batter and gently stir.ยผ cup chopped dry-roasted peanuts
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Sprinkle remaining chopped peanuts on top of loaf and bake at 350 for 1 hour and 5 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out of the centre clean.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing to continue cooling on a wire rack.
Notes
Nutrition
Sam @ PancakeWarriors says
The thought of being able to share this bread while hearing about your sons day makes me smile! This recipe looks great - you can't go wrong with peanut butter and banana bread!! Emotional baking is much better than emotional eating!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
awwww! Your fella sounds so smart and sweet ๐ and this looks like the best banana bread recipe I've ever seen (the pb helps ;P)!