Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread
A rich and moist chocolate peanut butter banana bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon chocolate extract optional
- 3 large ripe bananas
- ¾ cup peanut butter
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
- Mash your bananas in a bowl and set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar together until light. Add in the eggs and beat well before mixing in the extracts.
- Beat in the bananas, and peanut butter, then mix until thoroughly incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together. Slowly mix in the flour and mix until just incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for approximately 55 - 65 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean after being inserted in the middle of the loaf. You may need to cover the loaf with aluminum foil after about 40 minutes to prevent over-browning.
Notes
- Check the bread after 50 minutes with a toothpick and 5 minutes after that to prevent overbaking the bread which will leave you with a dry, crumbly loaf.
- Wrap well and keep for up to a week.