Chocolate Peanut Butter Marbled Banana Bread Food

MARBLED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan generously with butter or nonstick cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour mixture and mix on low speed until just combined. Add the mashed bananas, sour cream and vanilla extract and beat until just combined. Do not overmix.
• Place the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl. Cook on high power in 20 second intervals, stopping to stir in between, until about 80% melted. Stir until smooth, letting the residual heat in the bowl melt the remaining bits of unmelted chocolate. Add the cocoa powder and stir until dissolved. Add one cup of the banana bread batter to the melted chocolate and stir until well combined.
• Spoon the plain batter and chocolate batter alternately into the prepared loaf pan. Swirl the batters together with a knife (don't overdo it or the colors will get muddled -- up and back 4 to 5 times should suffice). Bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for about 10 minutes, then remove the loaf from the pan and set on the wire rack to cool completely.
• Freezer-Friendly Instructions: The bread can be frozen for up to 3 months. After it is completely cooled, wrap it securely in aluminum foil, freezer wrap or place in a freezer bag. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before serving.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• For the banana bread: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray.
• Combine the cake mix, oil, mashed bananas, eggs and 1/2 cup water in a large bowl and mix with a hand mixer or whisk until well blended, about 2 minutes. Fold in the peanut butter chips. Evenly divide the batter between the 2 prepared loaf pans.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove and let cool on a cooling rack.
• For the peanut butter glaze: Combine the confectioners' sugar, peanut butter and 3 tablespoons of the warm milk in a bowl and whisk until smooth. It should be about as thick as pancake batter; if it's too thick, just add a little more milk.
• Pour some of the glaze over each loaf and let set for about 10 minutes. Slice and serve.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER MARBLED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk in chocolate and peanut butter chips until combined.
• In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat together banana and peanut butter until creamy, about 1 minute.
• Beat in granulated sugar and brown sugar until creamy, about 1 minute.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined.
• Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually beat in flour mixture, alternating with milk, until well combined (about 2 minutes).
• Divide half of the batter into medium bowl; sift in cocoa powder, and beat until combined.
• Alternate spoonfuls of banana batter and chocolate batter into the pan. When all the batter is in the pan, swirl a knife sparingly through the batters to marble them. Sprinkle with additional chocolate and peanut butter chips, if desired.
• Bake for 60-65 minutes or until bread pulls away from pan, is well risen, deep golden brown, and a toothpick inserted comes out with moist crumbs attached. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour; run a knife around outer edges and invert onto wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

MARBLED CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt, stirring with a whisk.
• Place sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat with mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute).
• Add banana, egg substitute, and yogurt; beat until blended.
• Add flour mixture, beat at low speed just until moist.
• Place chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl and microwave at HIGH 1 minute or until almost melted, stirring until smooth.
• Cool slightly.
• Add 1 cup of batter to chocolate, stirring until well combined.
• Spoon chocolate batter alternately with plain batter into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
• Swirl batters together using a knife.
• Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan.
• Cool completely on wire rack.

CHOCOLATY PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Grease the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of two loaf pans; set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl stir together the eggs, bananas, sugar, peanut butter, and milk.
• Stir in the flour just until moistened (batter should be lumpy).
• Fold in chocolate pieces and peanuts or pecans.
• Spoon batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake in a 350°F oven about 45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove loaves from pans.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.
• Wrap and store overnight for easier slicing.
• **If you do not have self-rising flour, substitute with 2 cups all-purpose flour plus 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoons baking soda.