Peanut Butter Streusel-Topped Cream Cheese-Banana-Nut Bread
Warm bread is yummy, but to get perfect slices, let bread cool 30 minutes, and cut with a serrated or electric knife.
Yield: Makes 2 loaves
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Recipe Time
Prep Time:
Bake:
1 Hour
Cool:
40 Minutes
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (1 1/4 pounds unpeeled bananas, about 4 medium)
- 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
Preparation
- Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
- Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended. Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8- x 4-inch loafpans.
- Combine 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour and brown sugar in a small bowl. Cut in 1/4 cup butter and peanut butter with a pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles small peas. Sprinkle mixture evenly over batter in pans.
- Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean and sides pull away from pan, shielding with aluminum foil last 15 minutes to prevent browning, if necessary. Cool bread in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool 30 minutes on wire racks before slicing.
Peanut Butter Streusel-Topped Cream Cheese-Banana-Nut Bread Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Breads, Breakfast/Brunch
- CUISINE: American
- OCCASION: Autumn, Winter, Christmas, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving
- PUBLICATION: Southern Living
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