Most kids are privied to the classic peanut butter and banana sandwich at least once or twice during school lunch time. Creamy, nutty peanut butter paired with sweet bananas is a pairing almost as classic as peanut butter and jelly. And since I love to play around with classic combinations, I thought a peanut butter flavored quick bread would be the perfect use of the speckled bananas that had become a bit too ripe to eat on their own. But rather than use any old peanut butter, I decided to kick the flavor up a notch by using one of my newest grocery store finds: Banana Nut Peanut Butter. The result is a subtly sweet banana bread topped with a creamy peanut butter glaze. And with the use of some healthy baking substitutes like Greek yogurt and whole wheat flour, this breakfast bread makes for a very healthy treat. The glaze adds an extra punch of sweetness, and with the use of crunchy peanut butter, you get a little extra texture with the a scattering of peanut pieces. Absolutely delicious.

Ingredients: Adapted from Cooking Light Magazine

• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/3 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
• 1/3 cup Planters Banana Nut Peanut Butter
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup ground flax seed
• 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon allspice

Peanut Butter Glaze

• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon Planter’s Banana Nut Peanut Butter
• 2-3 tablespoons milk

Preparation

1. In a large bowl, beat first 5 ingredients together with an electric mixer (bananas through eggs)
2. Beat sugars into banana mixture until well incorporated
3. In a smaller bowl, combine dry ingredients (flours through allspice)
4. Slowly beat dry ingredients into wet until just combined
5. Pour batter into a greased loaf pan and bake at 350 for 1 hour
6. To make glaze, whisk powdered sugar, peanut butter & milk together, adding more milk if needed
7. Once bread has cooled, drizzle with peanut butter glaze before serving