Depression Era Peanut Butter Bread

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons powdered peanut butter
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 1.25 cups peanut butter
• 1.25 cups whole milk
• 0.75 cups brown sugar
• 0.75 cups peanuts (

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.

2. 2

   Combine flour, peanut butter powder, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.

3. 3

   Mix peanut butter, milk, and brown sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until fully combined. Add flour mixture and mix on low speed just until flour disappears; stir in peanuts. Scoop batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth out with a spatula.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, remove from the pan, then cool completely on the wire rack.