There is a special place in my heart just for peanut butter. I have loved it my entire life and just keep finding wonderful ways to eat it. I have just recently introduced my daughters to the wonders of peanut-butter-and-apples as an after school snack. Classic.So when I saw Peanut Butter Banana Bread on the cover of Cooking Light this month, there was no question I was going to make it. Immediately. And it's just what you think it would be. Really good banana bread. Made even better with peanut butter and chopped peanuts. I mean, really. I'm embarrassed I didn't think of it long ago. But no matter. It's here now and sure to become a new classic.
Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Bread:
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (about 4)
1/3 cup plain fat-free yogurt
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 large eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
6.75 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 1/2 cups)
1/4 cup ground flaxseed
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
2 tablespoons chopped dry-roasted peanuts
Cooking spray
Glaze:
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon 1% low-fat milk
1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. To prepare bread, combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed. Add granulated and brown sugars; beat until blended.
3. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (through allspice) in a small bowl. Add flour mixture to banana mixture; beat just until blended. Stir in nuts. Pour batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven; cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Remove bread from pan; cool.
4. To prepare glaze, combine powdered sugar, milk, and 1 tablespoon peanut butter in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Drizzle glaze over bread.
Recipe from Cooking Light, October 2010
Kari, You have a way with making food look so delectably wonderful - and the way you arrange it on the plate makes it look very gourmet but at the same time, doable, possible. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI share your love of peanut butter :) Have you ever tried a spoonful of peanut butter with chocolate chips all over it? That is one of my favorite ways to eat peanut butter:)