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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Chelsea Colbath
This simple, maple-sweetened whole wheat banana bread has peanut butter inside the batter and swirled on top!
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5 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 3 medium-large ripe bananas*
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tablespoons coconut oil softened
  • 4 Tabkespoons peanut butter**
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour***
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • A pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  • 2 Tablespoons peanut butter + 1 teaspoon maple syrup for topping

Instructions
 

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a loaf pan with nonstick spray or line with parchment. Set aside.
  • 2. In a large mixing bowl add bananas, egg, coconut oil, peanut butter, maple syrup, and vanilla. Mash with a potato masher and/or mix with a spatula until bananas are mostly smooth and incorporated into the wet mixture.
  • 2. Add flour, baking powder and soda, salt and chocolate chips to the wet mixture and stir just to combine. Pour into prepared pan.
  • 3. In a small bowl, mix the 2 T peanut butter with 1 t maple syrup. Dollop this mixture on top of the banana bread batter, and drag a knife back and forth across the banana bread several times to create a swirl pattern.
  • 4. Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until golden brown and springy, when touched. If cake feels wet inside (or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with batter on it), cook for 5 more minutes and check again. Slightly under baked banana bread isn't a terrible thing, so don't worry too much about it.
  • 5. Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes, then slice and enjoy warm or transfer to an airtight container once cooled and keep at room temperature for up to 5 days.

Notes

*Make sure your bananas are very ripe, with brown spots all over, before you bake banana bread. If your bananas are small, you can use 4 instead of 3. Slight variations in banana amounts won't make a huge impact on the finished product.
**I used creamy, natural-style peanut butter that's made of just peanuts and salt.
***White whole wheat flour has a milder flavor than, but similar nutritional profile to, whole wheat flour. Regular whole wheat or all-purpose can be substituted, if you'd prefer.
Adapted from Whole Wheat Banana Bread