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Depression Era Peanut Butter Bread

depression-era peanut butter bread sliced on a cooling rack
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5 from 8 reviews

A soft and very tasty bread made with just flour, peanut butter, milk, sugar, salt & baking powder.

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 50 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 10 1 inch slices 1x
  • Category: Breakfast, Dessert, Side Dish
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips, plus more for topping (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Combine dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking powder and sugar.
  3. Add milk and stir just until combined, it doesn’t need to be smooth.
    milk being poured onto dry ingredients for peanut butter bread
  4. Add peanut butter and stir until fully combined, don’t over mix but make sure peanut butter is fully incorporated. Then stir in chocolate chips if using.
    peanut butter is added to peanut butter bread batter
  5. Pour into a greased loaf pan. Sprinkle with some extra chocolate chips (if using). Bake for 45-55 minutes, until a wooden skewer inserted comes out clean.
    peanut butter bread batter being poured into a loaf pan for baking
  6. Enjoy!
    depression-era peanut butter bread sliced on a cooling rack

Find it online: https://www.figjar.com/depression-era-peanut-butter-bread-recipe/