Saturday, March 11, 2017

Peanut Butter Chip Banana Bread



Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
½ cup unsalted butter
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup packed light brown sugar
1 heaping cup mashed overripe banana (2 large or 3 small)
2 eggs, beaten
½-1 cup peanut butter chips (depending on how much you love PB), lightly coated in flour and coarsely chopped

Method:
Preheat the oven to 350F
Grease and flour a 9x5 bread loaf pan
In a bowl, stir together flour, salt, and baking soda
In another bowl and using a hand or stand mixer, cream the sugars and butter until light and fluffy
Add the eggs one at a time then mix in the banana puree
With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients in 2-3 additions, mixing until just combined
Working gently, fold the peanut butter chips into the batter
Transfer batter to the prepared pan and bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Loaf will be dark golden brown and will not rise much. It tends to look pretty flat and like you may have made a mistake but fear not!
Remove from oven and allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, and then transfer to a cooling rack. Cool completely before slicing. YUMMMM