I Got My PBBB Yeah You Know Me

Well, let me just start that I am more than blown away from my Pumpkin Brownie post. We're talking like Twister style blown away. As of the time of this post, I have 46 comments! 46! That's a brand new high for Baking with Dynamite, and it's sooo close to 50. 50 is going to be my new goal, and I figure with a little more hard work, and maybe a joke or five, I can totally reach that. Thanks to everyone who supported my crazy concoction... and also to those who are still friends with a 'non-chocolate'-aholic :)

Well, since the last post took quite the amount of creative juices from my brain (not to scale), I'm now heading back to something simple, tried, and true. When it comes to family desserts, I have about 4 or 5 completely committed to memory. I've blogged about a couple of them before, such as here, here, or here... and then I have this one. Do you have any baked recipes that you can whip up without any consultation? I bet you guys have quite a few.

Since I have started blogging, the word Banana Bread has now become synonymous with my super fun dancing colleague, VeggieGirl. She always makes creative, delicious, "not yo mama's" banana bread. She recently had this post for Peanut Butter Banana Bread, and it got me thinking... Well, I do love PB and Banana sandwiches, so let's give this a go :)
I decided to take a recipe that my mother and I have been using for years, and I love it because I can just eyeball things. It's not a finicky recipe, so if you're not exact, it's not too big of a deal.

With me moving back home in two weeks, I thought this would be a great idea to use up whatever baking supplies I have left. When you have limited travel space, sometimes that extra flour and sugar just has to get used, right? Oh, the things I must do sometimes :)


Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Recipe by Mom

-1 1/2 cups AP flour
-1/2 cup sugar
-1 tsp baking soda
-1/4 tsp salt
-1/2 tsp cinnamon
-2 ripe beyond repair bananas, mashed
-1 1/2 tsp vanilla
-1 egg
-1 tbsp canola oil
-1/2 cup juice (apple, orange, whatever you think would work)
-1/2 cup (or more) peanut butter (optional)


Preheat your oven to 350*. Set up the center rack, and grease a standard loaf pan.


In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together.


In a medium bowl, mix the bananas, vanilla, egg, oil, juice, and peanut butter together, until it is an evenly mixed, sweet smelling mushy mass.


Add the wet banana ingredients to the dry team, and stir until combined together. Pour into the greased loaf pan, and bake for ~40-50 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack. Peanut butter is optional in this recipe, and so is the shredded coconut I put on top.

And that's it guys, the easiest banana bread recipe you might ever find. It might not actually be the best you've ever had, but you have all the ingredients, and you can do whatever you want to it. Raisins, nuts, chips, whatever. When it comes to using juice, I like it because it gives a subtle flavor besides banana to the bread, and also sweetens it a bit without it being overly sicky sweet. Just use whatever you have on hand, or go with milk if you don't have any.

Few last notes my friends (not in a creepy McCain voice), remember to check out VeggieGirls site if you haven't already... but chances are, if you are a reader here, you know who she is :) Also, thanks for commenting on BwD, and for being cool cats, especially with the comments. The FFF post comments had me dying... seriously I hurt my stomach hurt :) 50 comments, here we come... soon.

This is what happens when you eat too much banana bread