PB & J Banana Bread

Sometimes I feel like I should make you a quick bread that doesn’t involve bananas. Like maybe you need a little more variety than I do.

I am a huge banana bread lover.

But I promise I’ll try to break my own mold a little and bring you something entirely different.

For now, though, this banana bread.

I feel like I’m probably alone in this, but I’ve never had a PB & J sandwich in my life.

Never.

Not once.

I’m not joking. My mom enjoys her PB & J. My dad tells himself that he hates peanut butter. So I was stuck somewhere in between.

I like peanut butter desserts. I like Reeses Pieces. Basically, I like peanut butter when combined with even more sugar.

But I can’t say that I’ve ever even combined peanut butter with fruit in a dessert or quick bread in my life. I guess it was time then.

I had been eyeing up this Peanut Butter Banana Bread from Cooking Light for quite some time. And since my double batch of granola bars was starting to dwindle, I thought I had better do some baking.

But since I’m not much of a peanut-butter-by-itself kind of person, I wanted to add a little something extra. Of course, I immediately think chocolate. But I thought that was a little too obvious.

I realized I’d never seen a PB & J banana bread before, and I thought I’d give it a try. This was a pretty brave move for me, considering how I had never had any type of PB & J before in my life.

I am slowly coming around. The jam adds such a nice moisture and subtle fruitiness, without being overly sweet. The peanut butter flavour isn’t too strong, so it’s a nice way to ease me into my PB & J future. To top it all off, the strawberry jam glaze adds a little extra fruitiness and a nice pop of colour.

Give it a try — and be sure to let me know what you think!

Love peanut butter and banana? Try this Peanut Butter Streusel Banana Bread next!

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PB & J Banana Bread

written by Ashley Fehr

5 from 1 vote

Taking banana bread to a whole new level with peanut butter and jam!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Cuisine American

Course Bread and Baked Goods

Servings 14 slices

Calories 216cal

Ingredients

For the bread

• ▢ 3 overripe bananas mashed
• ▢ 1/3 cup plain yogurt
• ▢ heaping ⅓ cup peanut butter
• ▢ 3 tbsp canola or olive oil
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1/2 cup brown sugar
• ▢ 1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour or substitute all-purpose
• ▢ 1/4 cup ground flax
• ▢ 3/4 tsp baking soda
• ▢ 1/2 cinnamon
• ▢ 1/3 cup strawberry or other jam

For the glaze

• ▢ 1 tbsp jam
• ▢ 1 tbsp milk
• ▢ 1/3 cup icing sugar

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9×5″ loaf pan with non-stick spray.
• In a large bowl, mash bananas with a whisk. Add yogurt, peanut butter, oil and eggs and whisk until fairly smooth. Add sugars and whisk until combined.
• Add flour, flax, baking soda and cinnamon and stir just until combined, being careful not to overmix.
• Spread half of the batter in the bottom of the loaf pan. Spoon half of the jam over the batter in teaspoonfuls and swirl gently with a knife. Top with remaining batter and swirl remaining jam on top of that.
• Bake for 25 minutes until top is golden brown and then cover with a piece of tin foil sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake another 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• For the glaze, heat jam and milk in a small bowl in the microwave until liquid. Stir in icing sugar with a whisk and drizzle over bread.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 216cal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 86mg | Potassium: 194mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 55IU | Vitamin C: 3.1mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 0.9mg

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Adapted from Cooking Light.