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Peanut Butter Banana Bread with Pecan Streusel

A moist, tender banana loaf rich with peanut butter and chopped walnuts, finished with a crunchy brown-sugar pecan streusel on top.

Peanut Butter Banana Bread with Pecan Streusel

Ingredients

  • 3 medium340 gBananavery ripe, mashed
  • 1¾ cups220 gAll-purpose flour
  • ½ cup120 gPeanut butter, no salt addedstirred smooth
  • ⅔ cup packed130 gBrown sugardivided
  • 2 large100 gEggsroom temperature
  • ¼ cup55 gUnsalted butterdivided; half melted, half cold and cubed
  • ⅓ cup80 gPlain yogurt, low-fat
  • ⅔ cup chopped70 gWalnutschopped
  • ½ cup chopped60 gPecanschopped
  • 1⅛ tsp5 gBaking soda
  • ¾ tsp3 gBaking powder
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • 1⅛ tsp3 gGround cinnamondivided
  • 2 tsp8 gVanilla extract
  • ¾ tsp3 gCanola oilfor greasing

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Brush a 9x5-inch loaf pan with the canola oil and line it with a strip of parchment.
  2. Make the streusel first: in a small bowl, rub the cold cubed half of the butter into one-third of the brown sugar, half of the cinnamon and 20 g of the flour until crumbly, then stir in the pecans. Chill while you make the batter.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk the remaining flour with the baking soda, baking powder, salt and the remaining half of the cinnamon.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk the mashed banana, peanut butter, the remaining two-thirds of the brown sugar, the melted half of the butter, the egg, yogurt and vanilla until smooth.
  5. Fold the flour mixture into the banana mixture just until no dry streaks remain, then fold in the walnuts.
  6. Scrape the batter into the pan, smooth the top and scatter the pecan streusel evenly over it.
  7. Bake 55 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick in the center comes out clean; tent loosely with foil after 40 minutes if the streusel browns quickly.
  8. Cool in the pan 15 minutes, lift out onto a rack and cool at least 1 hour before cutting into 12 slices.

Food safety: Don't taste raw dough or batter: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs.

Contains: Milk, Egg, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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