Peanut Butter Bread

This is an interesting recipe, I've only tried it once, but it's really good.  I got it out of one of my old cookbooks Good Housekeepings Book of Menus, Recipes, and Household Discoveries, 1926 edition.  Yeah, I like old books, and there's great stuff in this one.

Recipe:
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
3 1/2 cups Flour
3 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 cup Milk
1/2 teaspoon Salt

Cram together the peanut butter and sugar, add egg.  In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt.  Add dry ingredients alternately with the milk.  Mix well and place in greased bread tin.  Bake at 350° for 50 - 60 minutes.

This bread is really easy to make, and quick since there's no rising or kneading.  The texture is not like regular yeast bread, it's more like a soda bread crossed with a pound cake.  I used creamy peanut butter, but I imagine it would be good with crunchy as well, or if you're not a peanut eater, I think this would be great with a different kind of nut butter, like almond or cashew.


It's also really good with strawberry jam.