Quick Peanut Butter Bread

4.40 from 231 ratings

Peanut butter bread is moist, rich and bursting with peanut butter flavor. Add chocolate chips or spread peanut butter onto this quick bread and enjoy it for breakfast or as a snack!

Prep Time15

Cook Time1

Total Time1 4

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: peanut butter bread

Servings: servings

Author: Beth

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup (270g) creamy peanut butter not natural
½ cup (99g) granulated sugar
⅓ cup (107g) brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup (236ml) buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups (240g) all purpose flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350º F. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar with an electric mixer until combined, 1-2 minutes.
1 cup (270g) creamy peanut butter, ½ cup (99g) granulated sugar, ⅓ cup (107g) brown sugar
Beat in the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla extract, mix briefly. Gradually add the flour, baking powder, and salt, mixing on low to prevent over mixing. Be sure to mix just until combined.
2 large eggs, 1 cup (236ml) buttermilk, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 2 cups (240g) all purpose flour, 1 Tbsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt
Spray a loaf pan (either 9×5 or 8.5×4.5 - it’s important to know what size pan you have) with non-stick cooking spray. Transfer the batter to the pan and spread even with a spatula.
Place the pan in the center of the oven and bake for 45 minutes. After 45 minutes check to see if the bread is browning too much. If so, tent the bread with aluminum foil and bake for 10-20 more minutes. **If you didn’t tent at 45 minutes, check again at 55 minutes, then tent, and bake for 10 additional minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
The total suggested bake time for a 8.5×4.5 inch pan is 55-65 minutes and 9×5 inch pan is 45-60 minutes. Be sure to know what size your pan is.
Allow the loaf to cool completely before slicing or removing it from the pan.

Notes

The recipe is accurate when it calls for 1 tablespoon of baking powder.

Add 1 & 1/2 cups chocolate chips when mixing in the dry ingredients if desired.

There’s two popular loaf pan sizes – 9×5 and 8.5×4.5. Even though the numbers are similar, the pans actually differ in size by 15%. The 8.5×4.5 pan will yield a tall, more domed bread and will take 5-10 minutes longer when baking. The total suggested bake time for a 8.5×4.5 inch pan is 65-70 minutes and 9×5 inch pan is 60-65 minutes.

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