Peanut Butter Quick Bread

A delicious but easy peanut butter quick bread recipe you can prepare in just 10 minutes! It only needs a few simple ingredients and your favorite nut butter. You will have moist, tasty, and slightly sweet peanut butter bread without adding butter!

 

Peanut butter is a staple in our pantry. My family loves both creamy and chunky peanut butter. They are sweet, flavorful, and convenient.

I love peanut butter. When I crave something sweet and I don’t have any cookies in my pantry, I will get a spoon and snack on it. It’s delicious, sweet, and hits all the right spots.

I’ve used peanut butter to make cookies, fudge, scones, cupcakes, and pies. But not in quick breads. So, I thought, why not make peanut butter bread right now?!

This peanut butter loaf is easy and quick to make. I used simple ingredients to make sure you can make it at home. And there is no yeast involved in this recipe. That means there is no resting time and you can prepare delicious peanut butter bread in just 10 minutes.

You and your whole family will surely love the moist, soft, sweet, and peanut butter flavor of this bread! The best part about this recipe is it is versatile and can be served as is, with a glass of milk, or with jam or jelly. You can even add your own touch or use different types of nut butter. The choice is yours!

See Also:

• Oil vs butter in your quick breads..what’s better? Find out the difference and what I prefer!
• Confused on what the difference is between quick breads and coffeecakes – give this post a read!
• Want to know more about quick breads? Then read this article “What’s quick bread“? and learn more!

Why You Will Love This Peanut Butter Bread Recipe

• Simple Ingredients – I know how difficult it is when I can’t bake something because I don’t have the right ingredients. That’s why, for this peanut butter quick bread recipe, I only use simple ingredients you can find in your pantry.
• Prepare In 1 Bowl – Most delicious quick bread recipes are prepared using many bowls and containers. It is such a hassle and inconvenient to wash the dishes after baking. I personally don’t like washing the dishes. Who doesn’t? That’s why for this bread recipe, I made sure to use only 1 bowl for my and your convenience.
• Quick To Whip Up – This peanut butter bread is easy to prepare. In 10 minutes, it is ready to bake in the oven.
• No Butter Involved – Most peanut butter quick bread recipes contain either butter or oil. Not this recipe! Oil or butter makes most quick bread recipes moist and flavorful. But this bread is still moist and tasty even without adding fats. If you don’t believe me, try it yourself!

Ingredients Needed

Here are the ingredients you will need for this peanut butter bread recipe:

• All-purpose flour – I used all-purpose flour for this recipe but you can also use gluten-free flour.
• Peanut butter – I used creamy peanut butter for this quick bread recipe. Mix your creamy peanut butter to ensure the oil is not separated. Avoid using natural peanut butter.
• Milk – Any type of milk will do. If you want to make peanut butter bread dairy-free, use dairy-free milk.
• Baking powder – The baking powder will make your homemade peanut butter bread airy, soft, and delicious. Most quick bread recipes use either or both baking powder or baking soda. But for this recipe, only baking powder is used.
• Egg – Your egg should be at room temperature.
• Granulated sugar – You can also use light brown sugar.
• Salt – This is necessary for baking any quick bread. Salt brings out the slightly sweet and tasty flavors of peanut butter bread.

How To Make Peanut Butter Bread

1. Preheat Oven

Before making your peanut butter batter, preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C.

Grease an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch loaf pan with non-stick baking spray. You can also add parchment paper to your prepared pan and spray another layer of cooking spray for good measure.

I highly suggest greasing your loaf pan before you start measuring and preparing your peanut butter bread batter.

2. Combine Your Dry Ingredients

In a large bowl, combine all your dry ingredients. Whisk together your flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

3. Combine Wet Ingredients

In a second large mixing bowl, mix your wet ingredients. Whisk together creamy peanut butter, oil, milk, vanilla and eggs into your wet ingredients.

4. Combine wet and dry ingredients

Now pour the dry ingredients into the peanut butter mixture and stir to combine with a spatula or wooden spoon. A few lumps may remains and that’s OK, because it’s important to not overmix which can make a tough bread.

If you want to add chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, nuts, or other ingredients, now is the right time!

5. Scoop The Batter

Scoop the peanut butter mixture into the prepared loaf pan.

5. Bake

Bake your peanut butter mixture for 50 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center of the peanut butter loaf comes out clean.

6. Serve

Don’t remove the peanut butter bread from the loaf pan at once. Let it cool down for 10 minutes. Remove the peanut butter bread and place it on a cooling rack.

When it is cool completely, you can cut and enjoy or wrap it in plastic wrap and store peanut butter bread overnight.

Recipe Variations

• Other Nut Butters: Replace creamy peanut butter with crunchy peanut butter or other nut butter like almond butter, or cashew butter.
• Different Milk: You can use almond milk. But if you run out of it, substitute almond milk with whole milk, soy milk, or other types of milk. The consistency of the milk can be thinner. Add milk slowly to prevent the peanut butter bread mixture from becoming too liquid.
• Pureed Bananas: If you have overripe bananas in your fridge, you can add them to your peanut butter bread mixture and make a moist peanut butter and banana bread, instead! Topped with sliced bananas.

• Sugar: Replace granulated sugar with brown sugar instead.
• Streusel Topping: Add a delicious streusel topping to your peanut butter bread. In a medium bowl, combine 1/2 cup flour, 1/4 cup unsalted butter, 3 tablespoons of creamy peanut butter or almond butter, and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Add this mixture to your peanut butter bread batter before baking.
• Glaze: Make a glaze of 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 Tablespoons milk, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 2-3 Tablespoons of creamy peanut butter.

Add In Ideas

Before the transferring of peanut butter bread step, you can mix these ingredients:

• Chocolate Chips: For chocolate lovers, add chocolate chips before baking for melty chocolate goodness.

• Nuts: Fold in chopped peanuts or any nuts for an added crunchy texture and nutty taste.
• Raisins: Raisins and peanut butter go well together. Add a bit of cinnamon to make it more flavorful.

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• Banana Nut Bread
• Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
• Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

A bread you can prepare in 10 minutes? YES PLEASE!

This delicious, moist, and flavorful peanut butter loaf bread can be made in just a few minutes with simple ingredients! No fuss. Easy, quick, and delicious.