Peanut Butter Apple Banana Bread โ Jazz up regular banana bread with peanut butter and apples! A perfect combo that tastes amazing together!! Fast, easy, no mixer required, and a hit with everyone!
PB Apple Banana Bread Recipe
Peanut butter and apples go together. Peanut butter and bananas go together. Apples and bananas go together. It all works so well together.
This apple banana bread recipe combines some of my favorite ingredients into one super soft, moist loaf thatโs filled with harmonious flavors and wonderful textures in every bite. I have over 40 different recipes for banana bread and dozens more for banana muffins and banana cakes, but I’ve never tried this combo and I’m so glad I did.
The peanut butter flavor doesn’t overwhelm the homey taste of banana bread, with some apple flavor coming through. Itโs a fast, easy, no mixer recipe and because I used oil thereโs no butter to cream and no mixer to dirty. Oil keeps bread softer and springier than butter, and I prefer it.
Baking with bananas and apples adds so much moisture that itโs impossible to have a dry loaf. Throw in peanut butter and peanut butter chips and you’re destined for success. My family said this is the best banana bread I’ve ever made. Until next month. But for now, I’ll take the compliment.
What’s in PB Apple Banana Bread?
To make this one bowl banana bread recipe, you’ll need:
- Egg
- Light brown sugar
- Canola oil
- Granulated sugar
- Sour cream
- Creamy peanut butter
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder and baking soda
- Salt
- Mashed bananas
- Grated apple
- Peanut butter chips
How to Make PB Apple Banana Bread
This is such a quick banana bread recipe and it requires minimal effort to make! Simply whisk together the sugar and the wet ingredients, then gently stir in the dry ingredients. Fold in the mashed bananas, grated apple, and peanut butter chips.
Turn the batter into a greased 9×5-inch loaf pan, then bake until the top is golden, the center is set, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter.
If desired, you can serve this peanut butter apple banana bread with Peanut Butter, Honey Butter, Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze, or Cream Cheese Glaze.
How to Store Banana Bread
This PB apple banana bread can be stored at room temperature for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 6 months.
Tips for Making Apple Banana Bread
I recommend using a store-bought peanut butter like Jif or Skippy for this one bowl banana bread recipe rather than a natural or homemade peanut butter. Natural peanut butters are usually too oily for this recipe.
Note that your bananas should be quite ripe when you mash them. The riper they are, the moister and sweeter they’ll be.
You may need to tent the pan with a sheet of foil draped loosely over it in the last 10 to 15 minutes of baking to prevent the top and sides from becoming overly browned before the center cooks through. Baking times will vary based on moisture content of bananas, apples, climate, and oven variances.
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Peanut Butter Apple Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- ยฝ cup light brown sugar, packed
- โ cup canola or vegetable oil, liquid-state coconut oil may be substituted
- ยผ cup granulated sugar
- ยผ cup sour cream, lite is okay; or Greek yogurt may be substituted
- ยผ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ยฝ cups all-purpose flour
- ยฝ teaspoon baking powder
- ยฝ teaspoon baking soda
- ยฝ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas, about 2 large or 3 small bananas
- 1 cup grated apples, about 2 small or 1 extra-large grated on the coarsest blade of a box grater; I used unpeeled gala apples
- 1 cup peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips or a mix-and-match combination of peanut butter and butterscotch chips may be used
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray one 9ร5-inch loaf pan with floured cooking spray, or grease and flour the pan; set aside.
- To a large bowl, add the the first seven ingredients, through vanilla, and whisk to combine.
- Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and fold with spatula or stir gently with a spoon until just combined; donโt overmix.
- Add the bananas, apples, and fold gently to combine.
- Add the peanut butter chips and fold gently to combine.
- Turn batter out into the prepared pan , smoothing the top lightly with a spatula.
- Bake for about 60 to 65 minutes (I baked 63 minutes) or until the top is golden, the center is set, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter. **
- Allow bread to cool in pan for about 15 minutes before turning out on a wire rack to cool completely before slicing and serving.
- Optionally, serve with or glaze with Peanut Butter, Honey Butter, Vanilla Bean Browned Butter Glaze, or Cream Cheese Glaze.
Notes
- **Tip โ Tent the pan with a sheet of foil draped loosely over it in the last 10 to 15 minutes of baking to prevent top and sides from becoming overly browned before center cooks through. Baking times will vary based on moisture content of bananas, apples, climate, and oven variances. Bake until done; watch your bread, not the clock and donโt worry if it takes longer to bake than the baking estimates provided.
- Bread will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 6 months.
- Adapted from The Best Strawberry Bread and Zucchini Banana Bread.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Hi averie,
I made this on fri, shortly after you posted it. It came out so soft. I have tried a few of your quick breads. So far I love the carrot apple one the most.
Would u consider creating a banana bread including biscoff? Just asking…zero pressure.
I am so excited about your fall posts.
Thanks for trying the recipe and Iโm glad it came out great for you! You could use Biscoff in this one in place of the PB.
I made these years ago https://www.averiecooks.com/2013/03/cookie-butter-brown-sugar-streusel-bars.html and https://www.averiecooks.com/2013/09/softbatch-cookie-butter-brown-sugar-cookies.html in case you have a craving to bake with your Biscoff :)
Averie you know me too well! :D I have tried your biscoff bars and they are great. Have a lovely week.
Wow, you have so many bread recipes, and they all loos so delicious.
Peanut butter, apples, and bananas!? Best idea ever. I need to try this recipe!
LOOKS SO GOOD. ALL OF THEM. DROOLING.
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This is genius! I love the combination of peanut butter and apples <3
What a delicious banana bread. I love the ingredient combination and how moist it is!
I love love love this combination! I can always use a new banana bread recipe! Yum!
I love unexpected flavor combos–and I love bread–this sounds like a winner!
I love PB on apples (and on bananas) so why not make it into a bread!
I could eat the whole loaf no problem! Gorgeous loaf, Averie!ย
Likewise with your chocolate zucchini loaf from the other day!
We all know that peanut butter and banana is the bomb, it the most delicious and classic flavor, and Gosh that breads looks so rich and scrumptious. Pinning and sharing with the world!
Thanks for pinning and I totally agree that PB + bananas (or with apples) is the bomb!
Love this for breakfast!! Pinned & Happy Friday!!
Thanks for pinning and have a great weekend! :)
I am so craving banana bread it’s not even funny. I think I’ll break out the toaster oven this weekend, ha!! Love that you combined all three. They are the perfect trinity!
Totally agree they are the perfect trinity! I forgot you’re still living ovenless during the remodel. Well it’s 92F here at the coast today. Dying with no a/c and cooking ‘fall’ recipes so just be glad you ‘can’t bake’ right now.
The apples in this are just wonderful!! Really fun banana bread recipe Averie!
I love this combo! I love that you put them all together. :) ย I don’t think you can have too many delicious banana bread recipes. ย
You can never have too many :)
You’re on a banana bread kick! But actually, with that many recipes, you’re probably on a kick forever. And your banana bread always photographs SO well. Adding apples just makes sense. You know, PB and apple is one of my favorite snacks!
PB + apples was one of my go-to childhood snacks! Or PB with bananas! Thanks for the compliments on my banana bread photos!
This would be fantastic any time of year but it does make me think of fall. Love the combo of apple and PB–and I’d have to do the chip mix because there’s no way I could choose!
The chip mix was awesome. Butterscotch chips are some of my fave! And this would be great any time of year but I did try to do the fall/apple thing before jumping right into pumpkin :)