Guess what…
You probably already have all the ingredients to make this:
So there’s no excuse not to make it.
Lame excuse #1:
“But I’m at work right now and can’t leave my office.”
Solution: Tell your boss you’re taking the rest of the day off for personal reasons. Better yet, tell him/her you’re going home to make peanut butter bread and you promise to bring a slice in return for a raise. (Then conveniently “forget” to save a piece. When you taste how good this bread is, you will see that the raise just isn’t worth it.)
Lame excuse #2: “I’m too lazy.”
There’s no yeast in this super-simple recipe, and you don’t need a mixer or even a blender. The prep work takes just 5 minutes!
Lame excuse #3: “I don’t like peanut butter.”
Solution: Then make this bread with almond butter, or cashew butter, pea butter, sun butter, whatever. Bam. Problem solved. If only all problems were so easy to fix.
Lame excuse #4:
(You’re still going? Really??)
Just go make it already! 😉
Peanut Butter Sandwich Bread
(Yields 1 regular-sized loaf)
Recipe found here: Healthy Peanut Butter Recipes.
- 2 cups spelt flour or white whole-wheat flour (or white, or gf all-purpose) (If using the gf all-purpose, it will work without xantham gum, but for best results add 2 tsp)
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup peanut butter (or nut butter of choice)
- 2 tbsp applesauce (or 2 tbsp more pb, or mashed banana, )
- sweetener (see recipe directions for amount)
- 1/8 tsp uncut stevia extract (or 1/4 cup more sugar, or 4 stevia packets)
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt (I used salted pb as well)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups milk of choice
- optional: chocolate chips, chopped peanuts
You can use any of the following as your sweetener: brown sugar, xylitol, coconut sugar, regular sugar, or evaporated cane juice. If you want a sandwich bread, use 1/3 cup. If you prefer a sweeter peanut butter bread, increase sweetener to 2/3 cup. (Either way, also add the 5th ingredient in the ingredient list.)
Preheat oven to 375 F. Mix the dry ingredients very well. Then mix in wet. (If your pb isn’t super-creamy, microwave it 40 seconds, or until soft.) Pour into a sprayed loaf pan and bake 40-45 minutes. Let cool at least 15 minutes before slicing.
For peanut butter overload, serve with: PB Cookie Dough Milkshake.
Question of the Day:
Do you like a specific type of bread for sandwiches?
I usually like plain whole-wheat bread (or sometimes Ezekiel cinnamon-raisin). And I just discovered Whole Foods’ “health starts here” chia bread, which is also really good. But homemade bread is the best… If only I could find the time to make it!
I love my mom’s homemade artisan bread. It’s really good! I also love garlic, cinnamon-raisin, cranberry, onion, potato, Christmassy, and whole wheat bread. 🙂
I’m just a carby kind of girl, I guess, haha! But I don’t like processed-style breads that are bought on shelves (bleck). I prefer buying the breads the come from the bakery isle, or anything homemade!
I’ve never had PB bread before. Would crunchy peanut butter work, do you think?
Sure!
“Oats contain a filling fiber compound called beta-glucan, which helps the body release CCK, a hunger-suppressing hormone.”
Hehehe, I read about CCK in my physiology textbook! But I found the quote here: http://www.foxnews.com/imag/Food/Quick+Tricks+to+Feel+Full+Longer
LOL!
I’m baking this now, with spelt flour and almond milk. ^^ It really did take only 5 minutes to prep! 🙂
Katie! This looks so delicious, just wondering, when you made it, did you use applesauce or banana? I’m thinking maybe a pb banana type bread would be delicious but I’m sure it’s delicious with applesauce too! Also, what sweetener did you use? Thanks!
I used applesauce.
And I tried it with both xylitol and brown sugar to make sure it worked both ways.
Stop with all the great recipes. I am going to make this next weekend if I am off. 🙂
I made this last night and it is amazing! I used 1/2 cup evaporated can juice, 1/3 cup peanut butter, almond milk, and spelt flour. I had to use two smaller loaf pans, so I got 16 slices. I can’t wait to eat more of it today!
I don’t really eat bread but if I did I would prefer it to be sprouted… 🙂 Happy pb & j !
I loveee whole wheat! But there is this Italian Bakery near me that makes THE BEST black olive bread and spinach bread its AMAZINGG!! Also CCK i was wondering what brand of peanut butter do you use ?
and also my dad just brought home some whole wheat potato bread to try ! i’m excited!!
Usually, Whole Foods brand (either organic or non-organic, but always salted) 🙂
DELICIOUS!!!!!! Just made this this morning and it is so scrumptious! I have been really enjoying peanut butter lately and this has the perfect amount of sweet/savory flavor. I just recommended this to a friend who is trying to be gluten-free.
I made it was delicious! I put a bit of brown sugar on top before baking and it made it nice and crisp! I also put some coarse salt on top for a salty sweet effect. My dad, who does not like chocolate 🙁 said he would like it with more cinnamon and raisins instead of chocolate chips.
Dear Katie, I don´t have enough time right now to read through all the comments but I did see some mention of bread machines. Once you´ve invested a little time in learning how to use them -and there are lots of amazing bread books out there – Time really is no longer a bread baking issue. This is why God invented bread machines.
Honestly, this came out more like a coffee cake for me… I did add chocolate chips and subbed almond butter and mashed banana, and used the max amount of brown sugar suggested. It’s crazy delicious coffee cake, though! Be warned, this combo crumbles. Thanks, Katie!
Hmmm… what flour did you use?
Looks soo good!
I just made this! It rose beautifully and I couldn’t stop eating the batter, but the final product didn’t quite have the punch I was looking for. Still yummy, but I’d like to try again with more pb! (I used unsweetened, unsalted this time.)
As I wrote in the post, I used salted pb. So if you use unsalted, you’d have to add a little salt. You’d be AMAZED at the change in taste just a tiny bit of salt could have on a recipe! 😉
This was great first time with xylitol…worked great…applesauce was bad uses banana…however would prefer no banana taste but still so good….Katie love your ideas …your awesome! !!
Thanks, Michelle! 🙂
Hi Katie, I’m sure you’ve heard it all before but I wanted to tell you how much I adore your blog. I can’t wait to try out the chocolate chip dip on my brother, the expression on his face when I tell him it has chickpeas…
Anyway, I know you’re an avid runner and I’m wondering if you have any running tips. Currently I can’t run more than a few blocks and afterwards I feel awful–stitches in my sides and shoulders, upset stomach…how can I learn how to enjoy running?
This is a REALLY old post, but hopefully it can be somewhat helpful!! https://lett-trim.today/2009/01/08/chocolate-covered-song-of-the-day-and-an-interminably-long-email/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Thanks Katie! That was really informative!
as long as you don’t hate techno/dance music, you should look into podrunner podcasts. They break down the intervals for you, so you don’t even have to wear a watch. The run intervals gradually get longer, and the walk segments get shorter as you progress through the podcasts. There’s probably other podcasts like that too, but that’s the one I’ve used.