peanut butter cup banana bread
What better way to use overripe bananas than CARBS AND CHOCOLATE?
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (about 3-4 large bananas)
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips or chunks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with oil or butter.
- In a bowl, whisk the oil and sugar until combined. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time, until incorporated, then the vanilla, banana, and peanut butter. Add the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon. Whisk until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips with a rubber spatula.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan and spread evenly with a spatula. Sprinkle a few more chocolate chips overtop as desired. Bake 55-65 minutes until a skewer or knife inserted into the center emerges with just a few moist crumbs. Start checking your loaf at 50 minutes and continue to do so every 5 minutes.
- Cool in the pan for 20 minutes. Run a knife around the edges to loosen, then invert onto a wire rack and flip back upright. Cool at least 25-30 minutes longer, then slice and serve with a pat of butter or extra peanut butter. MMMM.