This Depression Era peanut butter bread is not too sweet, and was developed during the depression when eggs, oil, and butter were hard to come by. I have modernized it a bit by adding chopped peanuts and PB2 powdered peanut butter, but they are optional. The bread is equally delicious without them.
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- nonstick cooking spray
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons powdered peanut butter , such as PB2® (optional)
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups peanut butter
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup chopped peanuts ( optional)
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9×5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Combine flour, peanut butter powder, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
- Mix peanut butter, milk, and brown sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until fully combined. Add flour mixture and mix on low speed just until flour disappears; stir in peanuts. Scoop batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth out with a spatula.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, remove from the pan, then cool completely on the wire rack.
