Peanut Butter 'n' Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 large ripe bananas (1 cup)
• 1 cup milk
• 3/4 cup chunky peanut butter
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips
• finely chopped peanuts (optional)
• miniature semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
• 3 tablespoons chunky peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon milk

Recipe

• 1 in large mixing bowl,stir together flour, sugars,baking powder,salt& cinnamon.
• 2 in another bowl, combine mashed banana, milk, peanut butter, oil, vanilla,& egg.
• 3 add to flour mixture, stirring just until combined.
• 4 stir in chocolate chips.
• 5 pour batter into 2 greased& floured 8x4x2 inch loaf pans.
• 6 bake at 350 for 50-55 mins.
• 7 or until toothpick comes out clean.
• 8 cool in pans 10 minutes.
• 9 remove from pans, cool thoroughly on wire rack.
• 10 wrap and store overnight before serving.
• 11 to serve, frost with peanut butter frosting& if desired top with finely chopped peanuts& mini chocolate chips.
• 12 peanut butter frosting: in small saucepan melt chunky peanut butter& margarine or butter, remove from heat, stir in icing sugar& vanilla.
• 13 stir in milk,adding more if necessary until of spreading consistency.
• 14 makes about 1/2 cup.