Peanut Butter Bread Recipe
With only a handful of ingredients, this peanut butter bread can be whipped up to make for an
easy breakfast or snack. Soft, tender, and loaded with classic peanut butter flavor, this easy
bread recipe will be a staple recipe for your kitchen.
This peanut butter bread whips up really quickly, only taking 10 minutes to prep. The result is a soft, tender, lightly sweetened bread that borders on perfection. Top it with more creamy peanut butter or layers of jam, and you have breakfast worth getting out of bed for!
Take your love of peanut butter to the next level with this easy-to-make quick bread recipe your whole
family will fall in love with.
What You Need to Make This Recipe
The ingredients you require are probably already in your kitchen, making this bread recipe so easy!
- Flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Creamy peanut butter
- Butter
- Granulated sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Milk
- Mixing bowl
- Mixer
- 9×5 Loaf pan
Tips To Make It Better
Use the toothpick test to check for doneness. The top of the peanut butter bread should be golden, and a toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean. That’s when you know that the bread is finished cooking. To remove the peanut butter bread from the loaf pan, use a butter knife or icing spatula to
loosen up the sides before sliding it out. Since the bread is so soft, you’ll want to make sure to cut the slices with a serrated knife so that it doesn’t crumble as much. It also helps if the bread has cooled.
How To Change Up the Recipe
Peanut butter bread can be used as a comforting breakfast or a full-on indulgent snack! Below
are a few tasty variations.
- Chocolate chips: Make this bread recipe much more
dessert -like by adding some chocolate
chips to the batter or even just sprinkled on top. - Add some crunch: Mixing in chopped pecans or almonds can add a bit more texture to the
bread. - Raisins: Adding in some dried fruit gives the bread a sweet and chewy texture which is a nice
switch. - Drizzle: if you’re making this peanut butter bread more indulgent, drizzling it with a chocolate
ganache, caramel sauce, or even honey is a great way to do that.
Serve the bread as-is with a glass of milk; it’ll be your best breakfast. Or you can
top the peanut butter bread with breakfast staples like more peanut butter (crunchy peanut
butter is fun to use here) and your favorite jam, we happen to love carrot cake jam!
How To Store It
Once the bread has cooled, you can store it in an airtight container, sliced or as a loaf.
On the counter, it will last up to 3 days. In the fridge, it stays fresh for up to a week. In the freezer, it will last for up to 3 months.
If storing the bread in the freezer, let it thaw overnight in the fridge if you’ve stored it as a loaf. If
you slice it before freezing, you can just pop the slices into the toaster when you need them.
Peanut Butter Bread
Equipment
- 9×5 loaf pan
- mixing bowl
- mixer
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup butter room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325º
- In a smaller mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt together and set aside
- In a larger mixing bowl, Cream peanut butter, butter, and sugar together until well combined, and somewhat lighter in appearance
- Beat in eggs and vanilla, and beat together until fully incorporated
- Stir in ⅓ of the flour mixture
- Next, add milk, and mix until combined
- Stir in remaining flour until fully combined
- Pour into a greased 9×5 inch loaf pan and bake for about 75 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- Remove from oven and let rest 10 minutes
- Loosen sides of loaf from pan, using a butterknife or icing spatula, and turn onto a wire cooling rack to finish cooling
I love how simple and easy-to-follow this recipe is.