Thursday, February 23, 2012

National Banana Bread Day

I love this day!
I mean:
Banana. Bread. Day. Yeah!

So in honor I made a Peanut Butter & Chocolate Banana Bread with a peanut butter drizzle...with Chocolate Chips...YEAH!

Peanut Butter & Chocolate Banana Bread with a Peanut Butter Drizzle
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Yield: 1 large loaf + 1 small loaf

Ingredients
    Bread:
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 Tbsp cocoa powder

  • 4 medium ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter, heaping
  • 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
    Peanut Butter Drizzle:
  • 2 Tbsp peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • 2 Tbsp mini chocolate chips

Instructions
    Bread:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Line bottom of loaf pan with parchment paper and then grease/flour the pan.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and cocoa powder. Set aside.
  3. In another large bowl, mash/whisk/mix together the bananas, vanilla, milk, sour cream, peanut butter, oil and egg.
  4. Make a well in center of the dry flour mixture and the pour in the wet banana mixture. Using a large spatula, fold the wet ingredients into the dry. Fold/stir/scrape about 30 strokes or until all the dry is combined.
  5. Add the chocolate chips and fold to incorporate.
  6. Pour 2/3 of the batter into the large loaf pan. Pour the remaining 1/3 into the small loaf pan.
  7. Bake small loaf for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Bake large loaf for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Rotate loaves half way though baking time.
  8. Let cool in pans for at least 30 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. 
  9. Peanut Butter Drizzle:
  10. Once bread has completely cooled, prepare the drizzle.
  11. In a small bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, sugar and milk.
  12. Add more/less milk depending on the consistency you desire.
  13. Drizzle over the bread and sprinkle with mini chocolate chops.
  14. Allow to set for 20 minutes before cutting and serving. 
I found this recipe on http://javacupcake.com/

It was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peace <3

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