Peanut Butter Bread
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2 cups unbleached all purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped peanuts
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 eggs
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup milk
1 to 2 tablespoons sugar, for sprinkling on top
handful of chopped peanuts, for sprinkling on top
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Lightly grease and flour a loaf tin. Line the bottom with baking parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and chopped peanuts.
In large bowl, add the sugar and peanut butter, using a handheld mixer, blend together until smooth. Blend in the eggs, one at a time. Add the honey and pour in the milk and blend until the mixture is smooth.
Add and stir the flour mixture, in three additions, to the peanut butter mixture, using a wooden spoon. Once the batter is mixed and blended together, spoon into the prepared baking tin, smooth the top, sprinkle with sugar and more chopped peanuts.
Bake in the preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until the loaf is golden brown and the centre has set and a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool 5 - 10 minutes in the pan on a wire rack. Using a butter knife gently loosen the sides of the loaf from the pan; remove the loaf from the tin and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.