I love banana bread and I’ve made hundreds of recipes over the years. My coronavirus baking adventures brought along continued experiments and I’ve landed on this version as my new go to. This recipe is great because its simple ingredients that you’ll have in your pantry and contains, what I call the banana bread trifecta, peanut butter, bananas and chocolate! The peanut butter is key here as it replaces oil or butter in the recipe. Extra bonus is that it packs a bit of protein!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 3 Medium bananas mashed
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ Cup milk
- 2 Eggs
- ½ Cup peanut butter
- ½ Cup granulated sugar
- ½ Cup brown sugar
- 1 Teaspoon baking soda
- 1 Teaspoon cinnamon optional
- 2 Cups flour
- ½ Cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare an 8x5 loaf pan. You can spray with cooking spray, or line with parchment paper like a sling for easy removal
- Peel and mash your bananas using the end of a whisk or fork
- Add your eggs, milk and vanilla to the mashed bananas and mix until well combined
- Next, mix in the peanut butter
- Once all the wet ingredients are well combined add in the sugar, flour, baking soda and cinnamon if desired and mix until well combined
- Lastly, fold in your chocolate chips, the batter will be thick
- Once all combined pour your batter into the prepared loaf pan
- Bake in the oven for 50-60 minutes until the top is slightly caramelized and dark brown with some cracks and bits of the interior peeking through. A toothpick or knife inserted into the center should also come out clean.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool in pan. Once cool, remove, slice and serve!
- This bread also freezes well, I like to slice it and wrap individually in foil or plastic wrap for easy individual servings.
