Fall Comfort

Easy Banana Bread with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting...

I just thought I would share one of my favorite recipes for fall baking. Super easy and delicious! The frosting in the center is sinful and will be a crowd pleaser for sure! 

Banana Bread

What you need:
1/2 cup butter at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup mashed very ripe bananas
1/2 sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Step 1
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. 
Butter 9x5" loaf pan, set aside
With an electric mixer cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. 
Add eggs and incorporate
Step 2
Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt
Add sifted flour mix to your butter mix
Add bananas, sour cream, vanilla and nuts mixing to combine and pour into your pan
Step 3 
Bake at 350 until a tooth pick inserted into the center of your bread comes out clean about an hour to an hour and ten minutes. Remove from oven rack cool for 10 minutes and remove from pan to further cool about 20 more minutes. 

Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

What you need:
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter NOT natural
8oz softened cream cheese (room temp)
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar
3 tbs of heavy whipping cream

Step 1
Use an electric mixer to blend together peanut butter and cream cheese
Step 2 
Add vanilla, and 1 cup of powdered sugar, mix together
Step 3 
Add 1 cup of powdered sugar, blend add 3 tbs of cream
Step 4 
Add final cup of powdered sugar and blend until you have a smooth spreadable frosting
Step 5 
COOL! I know you're tempted but throw that frosting in the fridge for awhile and allow for it to firm up a bit before you spread it. 

A couple of tips... cool your banana bread completely prior to attempting to frosting. For optimum results cool both the frosting and bread. Slice the bread lengthwise with a serrated knife, spread the frosting in the center and cool in the fridge for awhile before slicing. Happy baking! 

If you end up making this let me know how it turned out! I'd love to hear of any variations or changes you make to the recipe. Enjoy!