Cream Cheese- Banana Bread with Peanut Butter Streusel

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Southern Living

Categories: Sweet Breads- Coffee Cakes

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups un-sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cup sifted light roast peanut flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 4 medium)
  • 1 cup chopped salted peanuts
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • Peanut Butter streusel:
  • 1/2 cup Plus 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup cold butter
  • 3 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 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.
  2. Combine all-purpose and next 4 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture beating at low speed just until blended. Stir in bananas, peanuts, and vanilla. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8 × 4-inch loaf pans. Sprinkle Peanut Butter Streusel over batter in pans.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean and sides pull away from pan, shielding with aluminum foil after 55 minutes to prevent excessive browning, if necessary. Cool bread in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks, and cool 30 minutes before slicing.

  4. Makes 2 loaves

  5. Peanut Butter Streusel:

  6. Combine flour and brown sugar in a small bowl. Cut in butter and peanut butter with a pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles small peas.

  7. makes 1 1/2 cups

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