Mocha Swirl Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Insanely soft banana bread is livened up with creamy peanut butter and a luscious swirl of mocha.--the only way you're gonna want banana bread from now on!
Servings 9 servings
Ingredients
- 3 large ripe bananas, mashed
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips, melted
- 2 tablespoons brewed espresso
Instructions
- Make the bread: Preheat oven to 350F and grease an 11" loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat bananas, sugar, peanut butter, butter, milk, eggs, and vanilla until smooth. Fold in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until batter is just combined.
- Reserve 1/2 cup of batter and place in a medium bowl. Scrape remaining batter into prepared pan and set aside.
- Whisk melted chocolate and espresso into reserved 1/2 cup batter until smooth. Drop chocolate mixture by the tablespoon on top of batter in loaf pan. Use a knife to gently swirl the two batters.
- Bake banana bread at 350F 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Cool bread completely on a wire cooling rack. Once cooled, remove from pan. Slice and enjoy!