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Peanut Butter Bacon Bread

A beautiful golden loaf of bread chocked full of roasted peanuts and delectable bits of bacon – yes bacon! All swirled in a luscious peanut butter batter.
Cook Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Breads, Breakfast, Brunch
Servings 1 large loaf

Equipment

  • Rimmed baking sheet(s)
  • Wire rack
  • Large loaf pan, 9" x 5" x 3"
  • parchment paper

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 extra-large egg
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon melted shortening
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flour, divided
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 cup chopped roasted, unsalted peanuts
  • 1 cup crumbled crispy bacon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Grease and flour a large loaf pan and line it with parchment paper, leaving about 1" overhang on the sides.
  • Whisk together the milk and the egg.
  • Pour the sugar along with the shortening into a mixing bowl. Add the milk and egg and mix on medium-low until blended, about 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Add the peanut butter and continue mixing on medium speed for another 2 minutes then stir in the vanilla extract.
  • Reserve about 3 tablespoons of the 2 cups of flour to coat the nuts and the bacon. Whisk together the remaining flour, baking powder and kosher salt.
  • Add the flour mixture to the batter in two batches and blend on low speed just until the flour disappears.
  • Toss the chopped peanuts and the crumbled bacon with the 3 tablespoons of flour. Blend into the batter on low speed.
  • Scoop the batter into a large loaf pan (9” x 5” x 3”) that has been greased, floured and preferably lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake in a 350-degree oven for 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
  • Cool the bread in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes then remove from the pan and finish cooling on the wire rack.
  • Keep the bread refrigerated and warm to room temperature for serving.
  • To roast raw peanuts: Spread them out on a rimmed sheet and pop in a 400-degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring once or twice while they roast.
  • To cook bacon in the oven: Line a rimmed baking sheet with heavy-duty foil. Set a wire baking rack over the top and lightly spray it with a cooking spray. Lay the strips of bacon out on the wire rack and cook in a 400-degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes, turning 3 to 4 times while it cooks. You want the bacon very crisp.