When I think of back to school time, I instantly think of peanut butter and jelly. The perfect food marriage. So, this year, I decided to make us a PB & J quick bread. And friends…we could not stop eating it! This bread tastes like a big old peanut butter cookie with just a little bit of jelly running through the center. We ate it every morning for breakfast until it was gone and instantly my kids wanted me to make more. D-elicious! I used strawberry preserves but of course, you could sub any jelly flavor you like. And if jelly isn’t your thing then you can omit it all together and just make peanut butter bread. So many variations…one delicious recipe!
This recipe makes one loaf.
Shopping List
1 cup of sugar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup of all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 (12 oz) jar of strawberry jelly, jam or preserves
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Narci says
Oh yum! This is so perfect for back to school! Brilliant!
Diana Barton says
Yum! I’m definitely making this for my girls as a great back to school treat! It looks like it would even wrap up nicely for part of their lunch or afternoon snack in class. Thank you!
Brook says
I tried this, but it didn’t really turn out :/ The batter was so thick, almost like cookie dough. Maybe I missed something?! The flavor was yummy! But I think next time I might try to make cookies or crumble bars from the recipe! Thanks for your yummy recipes 🙂
Christina says
Cooled & out of the oven…great flavor, but the “bread” is dry & crumbly & the jam layer makes cutting difficult & the top slides off, making it very messy (the whole slice falls apart). It tastes more like a bar than bread. Great concept, but needs some tweaks.
Liz says
I made this with a ripe banana instead of the sugar, applesauce instead of oil, and whole wheat flour instead of white, and it turned out great! It was almost too sweet with all the fruit and jelly so next time I will use less jelly. THANK YOU!
Debbie Reeves says
This recipe was my first fail with a recipe from Shay. My loaf was a crumbly mess with a great taste. Can you help us solve this problem Shay? I want to give recipe another try.
Kimberly says
Came back to check other comments because mine failed too! Tastes amazing but completely fell apart when I tried to remove from pan (and burned me a little with molten hot preserves in middle). So it’s like a cobbler now! Maybe way less jelly? Like just a spread instead of a whole jar? I may try that …