Peanut Butter Banana Bread is a super delicious, easy, quick bread that your family will love. For even more flavor, add walnuts, pecans, or chocolate chips. This delectable banana bread is moist and quick to make, and the flavor combination is amazing.
Indulge in this simple yet satisfying peanut butter banana bread recipe. Perfect for breakfast or as a tasty dessert. this bread is made with everyday pantry ingredients and can be whipped up in no time
How To Make Peanut Butter Banana Bread
First, preheat the oven and grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan with butter or shortening. Then, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set it aside for a few minutes. In a large bowl, combine the melted butter, peanut butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and mashed bananas.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir just until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Allow the loaf to cool for a few minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to fully cool.
What Is Quick Bread?
Quick breads are bread recipes with leavening agents other than yeast and eggs. The basic ingredients for quick bread are flour, liquid, salt, and a leavening agent such as baking powder and/or baking soda. Many quick bread recipes also include eggs, but not as the sole leavening agent. If you like making and eating quick bread as much as we do, try banana nut bread, strawberry bread, carrot bread, and lemon blueberry bread.
Recipe Tips
- For best results, use really overripe bananas. This is a great recipe to use for those overripe bananas that you froze. Just let them thaw in the fridge overnight.
- Creamy (not all-natural) peanut works best in this recipe.
- Do not overmix the dough. Mix just until the ingredients are incorporated. Overmixing the dough can result in tough bread.
- If you want to add chocolate chips to the top before baking, cut a parchment paper overhang for the loaf pan for ease in getting the bread out of the pan without smooching the chips.
- If the top of the bread browns too much while baking, cover loosely with aluminum foil.
- Store wrapped in plastic wrap or in a zip lock storage bag on the counter for up to 4 days. See more below about freezing this bread.
Recipe Variations
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 3/4 cup chocolate morsels
- 3/4 cup peanut butter morsels
- 1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts
Can Peanut Butter Banana Bread Be Frozen?
The bread must be fully cooled before packaging and freezing so condensation does not get trapped inside. Wrap the loaf in plastic wrap and place it in a freezer bag, removing as much of the air as possible. Freeze for up to 3 months. To thaw, remove it from the freezer, take it out of the freezer bag, and set it on the counter for several hours up to overnight.
Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 medium overripe bananas mashed
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9X5-inch loaf pan with butter or shortening.
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set it aside. In a large bowl, combine the melted butter, peanut butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and mashed bananas.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir just until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
- Allow the loaf to cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to fully cool.
Notes
- For best results, use really overripe bananas. This is a great recipe to use for those overripe bananas that you froze. Just let them thaw in the fridge overnight.
- Creamy (not all-natural) peanut works best in this recipe.
- Do not overmix the dough. Mix just until the ingredients are incorporated. Overmixing the dough can result in tough bread.
- If you want to add chocolate chips to the top before baking, cut a parchment paper overhang for the loaf pan for ease in getting the bread out of the pan without smooching the chips.
- If the top of the bread browns too much while baking, cover loosely with aluminum foil.
- Store wrapped in plastic wrap or in a zip lock storage bag on the counter for up to 4 days. See more below about freezing this bread.
Nutrition
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Liza
This peanut butter banana bread was amazing! This is a new family favorite. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Beth Pierce
My pleasure, Liza!
Addison
Oh my God this was soooo good! I love all of these flavors together – nothing beats it! YUM! I am saving this recipe.
Luna S
Oo I have no clue why I never thought about adding peanut butter to my banana bread before, this sounds amazing!
Beth Pierce
Thanks, Luna! You will love it!
Tamara R
One of my most favorite things to eat is warm banana bread with butter on it and a cup of coffee. But you took it over the top with peanut butter. This is my new favorite quick bread! My husband and kids loved it too!
LeeAnn
This bread baked up tender and moist! The flavor combination was delicious. Who knew bananas, peanut butter and chocolate could taste so good? I will make this again and again.
Beth Pierce
So glad that you liked it, LeeAnn!
Sammy
I do love banana bread and we make it quite a lot as it is a favorite! I did not know that it tasted so delicious with peanut butter. Now we will be adding this peanut butter banana bread to our rotation as well.
Lavanda Woodson
We used your recipe yesterday and safe to say it just may now be a family favorite! Absolutely delicious!!
Stella
This was absolutely scrumptious! I love how simple and easy it was to make. My family loved it…even more than my strawberry bread.
Beth Pierce
Well now that is saying something. Thanks, Stella!
Sandy M
My kids loved this banana bread! It’s great for breakfast on busy mornings or even snack after school! It freezes well too!
Gust
I tried your Peanut Butter Banana Bread recipe over the weekend, and it was a huge success. The combination of flavors was perfect, and it was so easy to make. I love how it’s not overly sweet and makes for a great breakfast or snack.
Beth Pierce
Thanks, Gust! We love it too!
Erin
Always a favorite at our house! I’m definitely making this again!
gervin khan
Wow! Nice recipe! So delicious! I love the texture and the taste that melts in my mouth, my kids loved it too!
Carol Colborn
This bread baked up perfectly and tasted so delicious. Maybe it should be called Elivs Presley bread!
Beth Pierce
Now that is a great idea!
Joy K
i love peanut butter and i love banana bread. and those photos sure make this look delish! Question – how sweet is it?
Beth Pierce
It is not too sweet. If you prefer you can omit the chocolate chips.
Bryan C
Banana bread is one of the most common types of bread people make. I find it generally good, but added peanut butter is even better! We loved this bread!
Beth Pierce
Thanks, Bryan! So glad that you liked it!
Bobby F
This is a great recipe for a very tasty loaf of bread. It freezes well too! It is a must try!
Beth Pierce
Thanks, Bobby! We love it too!